Even as President Barack Obama attempts to argue for extended unemployment benefits (in defiance of the evidence that longer benefits produce higher unemployment), there are signs that the U.S. economy is finally poised to begin a real recovery. The dollar
Mitch Horowitz on Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 discussed his new book One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life. The author told Breitbart News Executive Chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon that the idea of “positive thinking”
The military ouster of President Mohamed Morsi and subsequent outlawing of the Muslim Brotherhood have left the radical Islamist group in shambles, but not entirely defeated, a report from the New York Times reveals today. Egypt is wrought with pockets
President Barack Obama has made extending unemployment benefits his #1 policy priority for 2014, in service of his attack on inequality. It is a theme that served him well in his 2012 re-election campaign. Republicans are responding by demanding budget
While the rest of the country struggles with record cold, large snowfalls and more winter misery to come, California is facing a severe drought that may lead to the renewal of water rationing in the rich agricultural region of the
Tensions in the Eurozone rise as the continent’s rockiest economy braves taking the helm of the entire European Union. With Greece’s Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos becoming the new head of the EU, European countries put their fate in the hands
In October of 2012, Salon veteran, art historian, culture critic, and provocateur Camille Paglia returned to Salon for an interview in which she raved about Bravo’s Real Housewives series because, to her, the episodes were “authentic old-time soap opera,” a
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that legalizes drinking on pedal pubs. Pedal pubs accommodate up to 16 riders that sit across from each other, using peddles underneath their seats to slowly power the quadracycles across city streets. While
Half of the people who have signed up for Obamacare in 17 states have not activated their health insurance plans by making their first premium payment, a trend that threatens to further embarrass and frustrate President Barack Obama and the highly
With Obamacare coverage beginning in earnest on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports that thousands of people for which Obamacare plans will block some health care access are rushing to get medical tests and procedures done before their pre-ACA coverage
The end of December is a special time for donors and charities alike. Whether the increase in charitable giving is inspired by Uncle Sam’s year-end tax deduction, the Judeo-Christian values of the season, or Santa Claus himself, only the heart
Matt Drudge will remember 2013 forever–not because his website, the Drudge Report, set another traffic record but because his life was changed when he discovered prayer. “It’s the year I discovered prayer,” Drudge told the Wall Street Journal when asked the
A Christmas Day raid on a ranch housing drugs uncovered millions of dollars worth of high-grade crystal methamphetamine in Manila, drugs that national law enforcement have concluded are reaching the Philippines through the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel. The AP reports
The Republican establishment and outside groups like Karl Rove’s American Crossroads and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are trying to blunt the influence of conservatives inside and outside of Congress to make it easier to pass amnesty. According to a
On Thursday’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” Wall Street Journal editorial board member Jason Riley and Juan Williams, filling in for host Bill O’Reilly, discussed Jesse Jackson’s entrance into the “Duck Dynasty” controversy. Williams conceded that Riley had a “great point” and
On Christmas Day, the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it plans to spend at least $50 million to “support establishment, business-friendly candidates in primaries and the general election, with an aim of trying to
A startling USA Today analysis released on Thursday finds that over half of all counties in the 34 states on the federal Obamacare exchange “lack even a bronze plan that’s affordable by the government’s own definition.” “The analysis clearly shows
During a Christmas season that saw every public figure regardless of authority release a holiday statement, even the terrorist guerrilla Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) got into the spirit of the season, releasing a Christmas message warning that peace negotiations
With the White House adding a “hardship exception” to the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, the Wall Street Journal argues they are admitting their law is a hardship itself. This puts Democrats in the unenviable position of disowning their own
Merchandise for reality TV show Duck Dynasty is reportedly flying off Walmart shelves all across the country after cable network A&E suspended cast member Phil Robertson for controversial statements on homosexuality in a GQ interview. For its part, Walmart has not
The Vatican has announced it will hire McKinsey & Co., a large U.S. media consultancy firm, to advise it on media operations, including a modernization of its communications operations. According to Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register, the Vatican issued
Health insurers are responding with serious concern to the White House’s abrupt decision Thursday to allow millions of Americans whose health insurance policies have been cancelled to purchase catastrophic plans next year. Catastrophic health plans, which generally have lower premiums
Some in the West may see Christianity as an archaic religious construct in constant danger of extinction, but the religion is rapidly building strongholds in lands as foreign to Christian churches as Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Warnings of the
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has finally started to crack down on waste and fraud in its phone subsidy program for the poor by compiling a database of subscribers. The $1.85 billion program, called Lifeline, and popularly referred to as
Last week, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith went to bat for black conservatives in response to remarks by former Cleveland Browns hall of fame running back Jim Brown’s questioning of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant’s commitment to the black culture
