Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was the third most searched politician online in 2012, after President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, showing she powerfully resonates with Americans despite not having run for office in this election cycle.
The New York Post came under heavy criticism Tuesday for publishing a full-page photo taken only seconds before a man was killed by a Midtown Manhattan subway train. The photo’s headline luridly read, “Doomed,” and a subhead screamed, “Pushed on
Democrats want negotiations over the future of Social Security to be discussed at a later time, but Congressman Kevin Brady, who is a senior member of the House Ways and Means committee, says now is the time for the President
Pete Townshend usually lets his guitar, smashed or unsmashed, do the talking. But when The Who’s iconic singer/songwriter opened up on the subject of politics he shared some surprising points of view. “I try and stay away from American politics
Jason Whitlock, the Fox Sports columnist who suggested that Jovan Belcher’s murder-suicide could be blamed on America’s “gun culture,” followed up those idiotic comments with another set today: he told CNN’s Roland Martin that “the NRA is the new KKK.”
To avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff, this afternoon House Speaker John Boehner offered a counter-proposal that would reduce the deficit by $2.2 trillion over the next ten years. $800 billion would come from tax reform (closing loopholes, etc.), with the rest coming from different
According to a U.S. defense official speaking on the condition of anonymity, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government is moving chemical weapons components for what some fear may be a strike against the Syrian opposition. Apparently, the movement of the components
President Obama has made noises about pursuing carbon taxes in order to curb global warming. Now, look for that noise to increase. A new study contends that sea levels between 1993 and 2011 rose 60% faster than predicted previously by
According to a new study from 24/7 Wall Street, California is the worst run state in the nation … for the second year in a row. The best run state is North Dakota. What went into the calculation? 24/7 Wall
A diagram has been uncovered which shows that Iranian scientists are calculating the “nuclear explosive yield” of a major nuclear weapon. The weapon would yield 50 kilotons at full force. Diagrams of Iran’s work were passed to the International Atomic Energy
Democrats want to make the debate over UN Ambassador Susan Rice’s potential appointment as Secretary of State all about race and gender. Perhaps they are right: there hasn’t been a white male appointed to the post since Warren Christopher (who?).
On Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice continued to defend the comments she made about Benghazi on Sept. 16. In September, she countered U.S. intelligence by telling Jake Tapper the attack was a spontaneous one based on a
Democrats and Republicans are racking up supermajorities in blue and red states, leading to a country in which the opposition party is rendered useless. According to the Associated Press, “half of state legislatures now have veto-proof majorities, up from 13 only
As food pantries across the United States are overwhelmed by the newly poor and food stamp use is the highest it’s ever been, the Obama first family is enjoying a Thanksgiving meal with six different types of pie. Here is
According to Iran, Gaza’s terrorists need more weaponry with which to fight Israel. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast won’t say whether Iran is already shipping heavy weaponry to Gaza. The current Hamas attacks on Israel have brought to the
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Ergodan called Israel a “terrorist state” on Monday for defending itself against Hamas aggression. Speaking after “a week of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel” and the Israeli response to those attacks, Ergodan said: Those who associate
Today while touring the Wat Pho Royal Monastery in Thailand along with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Obama commented that any budget deal would require prayer. “We’re working on this budget,” he told a monk, “we’re going to need
The White House on Thursday condoned Israel’s military response to the rockets launched against it by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes allowed that Israel was acting in self-defense. When asked if
Pro-amnesty organizations pounced on President Barack Obama’s promise of giving illegal immigrants a “pathway for legal status,” arguing those words were not clear enough to them about his intentions. When Obama used the phrase “legal status” instead of “citizenship” during his press
It now seems that CIA Director David Petraeus’ mistress, biographer Paula Broadwell, has classified documents in her possession. According to an ABC News source, Broadwell admitted that she stole the documents from government buildings; the government has searched her home.
Military law means that if CIA Director David Petraeus began his affair with biographer Paula Broadwell while he was serving in Afghanistan – while he was General David Petraeus – he can be prosecuted. Petraeus’ former aide, Peter Mansoor, acknowledged,
Gas rationing reminiscent of the Jimmy Carter era returned to Manhattan and Long Island on Friday, a development that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg warns could last for weeks. The rationing system is an attempt to cut down on
A few weeks back Rolling Stone magazine all but begged Bob Dylan to vocally support President Barack Obama. The folk rock legend politely refused. Last night, Dylan appeared to change his mind during a concert appearance. Dylan says he thinks President Barack Obama is
In a memo sent before Election Day, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wrote that the Tea Party movement has effectively ended. According to the DCCC, 2012 will be the “undoing of the 2010 Tea Party tsunami that crashed upon Washington.”
F.H. Buckley wrote the book on the social meaning of humor. The Morality of Laughter, published in 2003, was his attempt to collate and systematize not only what makes us laugh but why it makes us laugh. Last week, I
