This article originally appeared in the Daily Beast In 1884 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. gave a remarkable speech in which he explained how grief and memory for the fallen dead unite the nation on Memorial Day. Memorial Day got off
On May 24 The Daily Beast ran a column by Cliff Schecter comparing the NRA to tobacco companies and blaming it for Elliot Rodger’s heinous Santa Barbara attacks. According to Schecter, “the NRA enables massacres” by rejecting “science and information,”
Through his attorney Marty Singer, director Bryan Singer (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”) has filed a motion to dismiss the sexual abuse lawsuit filed against him by Michael Egan. According to the Daily Beast, the day the motion was filed
On Tuesday, The Daily Beast reported that there are more than 100 Americans fighting on behalf of Al Qaeda-linked groups in Syria. Not only that, the jihadist Americans were apparently making their way back to the United States uninhibited. A
The Daily Beast might be expected to cut Macklemore some slack. The two share similar ideologies, and the rapper’s efforts supporting same-sex marriage are well known. So when some folks were outraged by Macklemore donning a costume that reeked of
Westerners flocking to join jihadist groups in Syria are a growing concern for Western intelligence agencies – and U.S. intelligence officials in particular. Recent U.S. intelligence estimates suggest that more than 100 Americans have joined the jihadist cause, The Daily Beast‘s Eli
Rapper Macklemore, reeling from accusations his recent choice of stage costume smacked of anti-Semitism, took to his blog Monday to defend his actions. Everyone from comic actor Seth Rogen to the liberal-leaning Daily Beast savaged Macklemore for his stunt. The
The paper and its former executive editor have been spinning furiously since her abrupt dismissal, and the paper has been left diminished by the spectacle. The hot mess that is the divorce between The New York Times and now-former executive editor Jill
The Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund chairman Jenny Beth Martin is alleging a loan given to a super PAC backing Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the bitter Mississippi primary race was illegal, according to a complaint she filed with the
On Tuesday Daily Beast columnist and “McLaughlin Group” regular Eleanor Clift joined NewsMax.TV’s Steve Malzberg to address her recent assertion that then-U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens was not technically murdered in Benghazi, but instead died of smoke inhalation. When
On the very day that the devout Muslim group Boko Haram released a video of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, clad in burkas and being forced to recite the Qur’an, author Dean Obeidallah declared in the Daily Beast that “The Nigerian terrorist
Last Thursday, according to the Daily Beast, Secretary of State John Kerry told Syrian opposition leaders, including Syrian Opposition Coalition president Ahmad Jarba, in a private meeting at the State Department that the international community “wasted a year” because they
The Central Intelligence Agency plans on shutting down its bases throughout Afghanistan over the summer and withdrawing its personnel back to Kabul. The Los Angeles Times reported that in March CIA Director John Brennan told a group of military officers that
In a recent interview on Fox News, Josh Rogin, the senior correspondent for national security and politics for The Daily Beast, was unsparing in his criticism of Hillary Clinton’s record of negligence and incompetence during her tenure as Obama’s Secretary
According to ABC News and the Daily Beast, the Obama administration failed to reply to requests by lobbying firm Patton Boggs, on behalf of the Nigerian government, for intelligence information and aid to help fight the militant Islamist terrorist group
The kidnapping of 300 young girls in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram has once again brought the issue of radical Islam to the forefront of public debate. The group repsonsible, Boko Haram, unambiguously declared war on Western Civilization
Luke O’Brien, writing for the left-wing Politico, details at great length the story of how The Daily Beast’s Tina Brown blew through $100 million of other people’s money (Barry Diller’s and Sidney Harman’s) on what amounted to a Tina Brown
Jeff Herman, the Florida attorney representing Michael Egan, the 31 year-old man suing “X-Men” director Bryan Singer and three others for sexually abusing him as a teenager, says that “dozens and dozens and dozens” of other victims will be coming
As originally reported by The Daily Beast’s Josh Rogin: Secretary of State John Kerry told the Trilateral Commission last week that if Israel doesn’t re-initiate peace talks, it could become “an apartheid state.”
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) ripped Secretary of State John Kerry for saying Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state” in remarks to world leaders at a closed door meeting Friday. “The use of the word apartheid has routinely been
Speaking last Friday to a private gathering of the Trilateral Commission in Washington, D.C., US Secretary of State John Kerry predicted that Israel would become “an apartheid state” if it did accept his two state formula for peace in the
On Sunday, the Daily Beast’s Josh Rogin reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned world leaders in a closed-door meeting Friday that Israel could become “an apartheid state” like South Africa if it could not reach a two-state
On April 25th Secretary of State John Kerry told world leaders that if Israel does not make peace with Palestine it risks becoming “an apartheid state.” According to The Daily Beast, Kerry was explaining aspects of his own peace plan
The Daily Beast is reporting exclusively that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an end to communication with President Obama and high-level officials in the White House. The move follows a report that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel could not get through
According to the Daily Beast, the NRA spews “right-wing crap,” while Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (MDA) has “public opinion on their side.” The Daily Beast is looking for anything to give MDA a way to come
The nation’s leading organization that engages politically to expand access to abortion is celebrating with a “Pro-Choice/Pro-Chocolate” competitive event. NARAL states the event is back “by popular demand” and will be held on May 8th in Philadelphia at The Ethical
Supporters of the Common Core standards frequently make the claim that the standards are rigorous, reflect college-readiness, and have been internationally benchmarked and are, therefore, comparable with standards of high-achieving nations. A new study, however, challenges these claims. Since five
This week, the New York City Police Department shocked many by announcing an end to its Muslim monitoring program, the Zone Assessment Unit. But at a time in which Islamic extremism appears to be an increasingly present risk, the NYPD
This week, the New York City Police Department shocked many by announcing an end to its Muslim monitoring program, the Zone Assessment Unit. But at a time in which Islamic extremism appears to be an increasingly present risk, the NYPD
The Daily Beast is using the same guilt by association tactics the media refused to employ with Rev. Jeremiah Wright during the 2008 presidential election in order to attack the Duggars. Who are the Duggars? They are the stars of
Listen to rocker Krist Novoselic speak about the late, not so great Occupy Wall Street movement, and one gets the sense he had a soft spot for those unwashed radicals. To a point. Novoselic, the former bassist for Nirvana, has
Mark McKinnon, the former George W. Bush ad man, may have set out to argue why America should pick its presidents from between two immediate families, but the resulting article reads more like a list of reasons why “Jeb vs.
TCM Memorial Tribute to The Mighty Mickey Rooney Airs Sunday — — Sunday, April 13, Turner Classic Movies will pay tribute to Mickey Rooney with an all-day marathon of 13 films. Set your DVRs. The only one I have never
1. ‘Noah’ Could Top Out at $110 Million The folks at Box Office Mojo believe “Noah” could top out at $110 million or better in North America. A lot will depend on how it does next weekend. A brutal “C”
Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone is speaking out against the Christie administration for what he told The Daily Beast was the misuse of millions of dollars meant to help the New Jersey victims of Hurricane Sandy. The handling of that money, he
A recent Facebook post by the Texas Young Democrats (TYD) appeared to be hypocritical in regards to left-of-center speech regulation. On March 20, the group posted a photograph of former Texas Governor Ann Richards holding a newspaper that reads “She Whups Him!”
1. RIP: James Rebhorn Dead at 65 Great character actors accomplish two things. The first is that upon arrival, they make the audience feel better. It is not just about familiarity and comfort, but also competence. No matter how bad
Eleanor Clift, the former Newsweek reporter whose bias was once made legendary by the Media Research Center when it invented the Eleanor Clift Award “for Clinton Worshipping,” has taken to the Daily Beast to fiercely defend her idol, Hillary Clinton, as ethical
In an interview with the Daily Beast, living legend and Oscar-winner Robert Duvall blasted the Civil Rights film “The Butler” as “very inaccurate.” The 83 year-old star added, “JFK had one of the worst Civil Rights voting records,” and “All
Charles Durning made famous, the Texas Governor’s little side-step dance in the Academy Award winning film “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” by quickly shifting positions and dodging questions. With Sen. Wendy Davis’ attempts to side-step to the right in recent
