Warren Sapp was a dominant force on the field and a unique character off of it. Perhaps one of the most memorable players of his era, Sapp will stand out in the Hall of Fame as well as the only
Yahoo: Senator Diane Feinstein, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was defending the National Security Agency’s top secret spying when she brought out a prop identifying North America — the United States, Canada and Mexico — as the “Homeland”.
Using anti-science exuberance, for the last few days, the media have pom-pommed someone’s ethereal projection that the economy had created 200,000 or so jobs in July. The fact that our media would consider 200,000 jobs (which hardly keeps up with
When it comes to picking winners and losers in the food industry, I prefer the whims of the free market. Give people information, let them decide how healthy or unhealthy they want to be. Who am I to say a marathon runner
Eliot Spitzer, candidate for New York City’s comptroller seat, is currently the odds on favorite to win the primary and perhaps run away with the general election. It’s quite a turnaround for the former governor of New York, who was forced
Wednesday morning the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its Gross Domestic Product estimate for the second quarter of 2013. Though it will surely be revised up or down in the coming months, the number is 1.7%. In the first quarter
As Republicans fight to retake control of the Senate in the 2014 midterm elections, the specter of Bill (BJ) Clinton looms as “a popular, vote-getting, fundraising-powerhouse threat to their aspirations.” Enter Anthony Weiner, whose lewd and lascivious online buffoonery threatens
Using his verified Twitter feed early Monday morning, CNN political director Mark Preston wrote that he was “psyched” David Chalian was joining CNN as the supervising producer of CNN’s upcoming “Crossfire” reboot. In August of last year, Chalian was fired
In his first major overseas event since being elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church in March, Pope Francis has kept a whirlwind schedule at World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But when he gets back to
Those who showed up to evaluate basketball prospects at the Las Vegas Fab 48 also saw shirts featuring the words “I AM TRAYVON” on players just 11 days after George Zimmerman was found not guilty in his shooting death. Game Elite’s 17-year-old
A Wall Street Journal report on Detroit’s bankruptcy inadvertently summed up the major cause of its financial problems–the unrealistic pension promises made to unionized city workers for decades: “I was planning on retiring in October, but now I’m not sure. I
On Monday, the NAACP compared the death of Trayvon Martin to Emmett Till’s lynching. “In 1955, a young black man in Money, Mississippi, went to the store to buy some candy. Fifty-seven years later, another young black man in Sanford,
A rally outside the White House Friday offered a clear example of the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Grand Deception” in action in America. To a casual observer, it appeared that a few dozen people came out to support ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Protesters
Steve Stricker will miss this year’s Open Championshio at Muirfield next week to spend time with his wife for their 20th wedding anniversary. As Yahoo Sports! notes, Stricker vowed at the beginning of this season that he would only play
A new book examining the Warren Commission’s investigation into the assassination of JFK claims that “powerful” people were manipulating the Commission as it did its job. Phillip Shenon, a former New York Times reporter, and the author of The Commission,
Monday Salon published a “full accounting” of “how the media outrageously blew the IRS scandal.” This is the latest attempt by the left to dismiss an actual scandal as unfounded. But the claims of media overreach are couched in some
(AP) Bynum weighing 2-year offer from CavsBy TOM WITHERSAP Sports WriterCLEVELANDAs the Cavaliers await word from Andrew Bynum, two other teams have joined the chase for the free agent center. Bynum, who didn’t play a single second for Philadelphia last
With star point guard Kyrie Irving in place, the Cleveland Cavaliers had the opportunity to use the top pick in the recent NBA Draft to nail down the center position with Nerlens Noel, or at least Cody Zeller or Alex
In a word, no. But it is also not the Vatican equivalent of a New York Times op-ed. Nor is it merely a scholarly dissertation, to be read only by theologians, who might write their own scholarly dissertations on it,
Liberals had a problem when it came to State Senator Wendy Davis. They liked her and liked her pink shoes. And yet, some of these same folks had been outraged over a Washington Post story focusing on White House counsel
Obamacare’s delayed implementation of the employer mandate means health insurance exchanges and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be unable to determine whether individuals are eligible for taxpayer-funded subsidies and will instead now rely on the honor system. Experts say
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said that the Anglican Church must adapt to a changing society that has become increasingly secularized–by ordaining women bishops. Yahoo News reports that Welby, a former oil executive who was named successor to Archbishop
When the Egyptian military removed Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi from Egypt’s highest office, the cry immediately went up internationally that this was a violation of democracy. Consider this, however: Morsi was elected President of Egypt under promises of moderation
The toppling of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi may give rise to more radical Islamic factions in the political realm and more violent groups outside of it. According to the Los Angeles Times, Ansar al-Shariah in Egypt has formed after
After the prosecution rested its case today, defense attorney Mark O’Mara made an argument for acquittal based on the failure of the state to make its case. The specifics of the Florida case law involved won’t be that compelling to
