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Egyptian Defense Minister and military chief Gen. Abdel Fattah El Sissi has put President Mohamed Morsi on notice that the country could face an imminent collapse. According to Sissi, “The continuation of the conflict between different political forces and their differences

Yesterday, Breitbart News reported that consumer confidence had dropped to its lowest level in almost two years. Much of the media spun the number as the result of a payroll tax increase that hit millions who were repeatedly told by

The mainstream media bullied professional golfer Phil Mickelson into apologizing for criticizing California’s high taxes and threatening to leave the state because of California’s high income tax rate.  But California’s high taxes have been forcing many athletes–including those far from the limelight

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is going to offer the British people a chance to vote on whether or not to remain within the European Union (EU). Cameron’s personal opinion appears to be that it’s best for Great Britain to

Have we, as a nation, reached the point at which we judge our leaders not “by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous words? We would wish it

There was much for urban, blue-state conservatives to enjoy in the left-wing freakout over Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s comparison of Obamacare to “fascism” earlier this week. It was almost too much for National Public Radio, where Mackey first made

Will the next President of Venezuela be Jewish?  Hugo Chavez handily won reelection in October 2012 by a margin of 10 percentage points. However, just months later, Chavez languishes in a Cuban hospital, suffering from what is likely terminal cancer. Henrique Capriles, Chavez’s

Food for thought from the WSJ’s Daniel Henninger: Smarting from defeat by Barack Obama’s made-in-Silicon-Valley messaging network, congressional Republicans in Washington are getting tutorials to bring them into a Twitterized world. I have a simpler idea: First join the 20th-century communication

The killing of Osama bin Laden was touted as the beginning of the end of Al Qaeda (the term “war on terror” having long since been abandoned). Yet as the nation’s capital prepares for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, Al

The United States Justice Department may join a federal whistleblower lawsuit and bring charges against Lance Armstrong–and others who received and profited from federal dollars used to sponsor his cycling teams–to get back some of the sponsorship funds under the

Oliver Stone, whose fury at America and desire to tear down American institutions has been on display for decades, has teamed with historian Peter Kuznick for the book and now Showtime series “Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States.”

In a clearly articulated, illuminating piece in Friday’s Wall Street Journal, authors David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey convincingly make the case that there are three prevalent myths bandied about by the Obama Administration with regard to the debt

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China quadruples rice imports for no apparent reason Obamacare causes health insurance rates to surge 2013 versus 1913, the year before the start of the Great War China quadruples rice imports for no apparent

Upon President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, Politico celebrated the move as proof of Obama’s “bipartisan spirit.” Politico notes that Hagel has detractors on both sides of the aisle but posits that this makes him a

In an interview with Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal, newly re-elected House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) opened up about President Obama’s utter unwillingness to cut a single dollar from federal spending. In a stunning admission, Obama reportedly told

Since October 2011, property crime in the state of California has jumped dramatically; from October 2011 to January 2012, property crime skyrocketed 4.5 percent throughout the state. In the previous nine months, property crime had been down some 2.4%. So,

The trillion dollar coin is now apparently being taken seriously as an alternative way for the Obama administration to cover the gap between borrowing and spending by simply adding to the resources of the U.S. Treasury, and without convincing Congress

Deep inside the fiscal cliff compromise passed Tuesday night is an item that could lead more cities into bankruptcy. Allen Park, Mich. is an idyllic American town in the heart of the Rust Belt, the kind of place that far-left

In the fiscal cliff negotiations, Obama held the line against entitlement reform, but the resulting deal could lead to downgrades by all three top debt ratings agencies later this year. When Standard and Poor’s cut the United States debt rating

The start of the New Year means ObamaCare tax hikes for many and the countdown to the health reform law’s official inauguration on Jan. 1, 2014. Twelve months from now, most Americans will face a “tax” via the individual mandate.

Common ground is hard to come by in Washington these days, but everyone, it seems, hates tax “loopholes.” Democrats claim they rob the government of revenue and benefit the rich. Republicans say tax loopholes distort free markets by letting the government pick

The “fiscal cliff” deal approved by the Senate in a 89-8 vote early this morning, and which is under consideration by the House of Representatives today, punishes work and rewards unemployment.  The deal fails to renew a payroll tax holiday

We often think of “heroes” as people who go above and beyond average expectations, who stand up to those who would cause us harm or destruction, who risk their own interests in order to save something they perceive to be

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “has no intention of stepping down and it would be impossible to try to persuade him otherwise.” Although Russia previously believed that Assad might capitulate to Western demands and let go

A new draft of a 75-page Army handbook for troops heading to Afghanistan says that American cultural insensitivity is to blame for the 63 attacks this year by Afghan soldiers against the U.S.-led coalition forces who are training them.  

While politicians have kept the focus on the fiscal cliff and displaced anger toward law-abiding citizens who own guns, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was able to quietly overturn longstanding precedents to give unions some Christmas gifts that will

The French Supreme Court has rejected that country’s version of the “Buffett Rule,” a 75 percent tax on millionaires, calling it unfair andsaying its design was unconstitutional. French PresidentFrançois Hollande is the Barack Obama of Europe. He’s a moderatesocialist who

The Wall Street Journal printed a bizarre editorial today in which it defended David Gregory on the grounds of press freedom against conservatives who have suggested he may have violated District of Columbia gun laws. In challenging National Rifle Association president

The Oxygen Channel is taking a page out of Maury Povich’s playbook. The network is ordering up a new reality special to be called “All My Babies’ Mamas.” And yes, the narrative is exactly what you think it is: Slated

Plunging consumer confidence, the rickety economy, and fallout from Hurricane Sandy in the northeast combined to create a disappointing holiday sales season for retailers. “It’s a lost season,” said MasterCard Inc.’s Spending Pulse’s Vice President of Research and Analysis Michael

Roughly 50,000 General Motors union workers will receive bonuses of between $5,500 and $7,000 to close out 2012, say sources familiar with internal discussions between United Auto Worker officials.  In 2009, General Motors scored a $49.5 billion bailout from the

Karl Rove, in a column published in the Wall Street Journal last Wednesday, titled “Boehner Plays A Weak Hand Well,” praised House Speaker John Boehner’s leadership style and “Plan B” proposal, which he pulled on Thursday because it lacked Republican votes.   The day

The refusal by a majority of states to set up state-based exchanges could neuter some important aspects of Obamacare and make it more difficult for the federal government to actually implement the law.  On December 12th, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett,

The subject of why Mitt Romney lost is so interesting that I will divide my analysis into two parts: first, on Romney the candidate, and second, on Romney the campaign CEO.  Sorry, Mitt, whether you want to admit it or