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Last week, one of the most important international banking organizations said it was preparing to ban blacklisted Iranian banks for their role in facilitating illicit financial transactions. Although existing international sanctions have placed significant pressure on Tehran, the United States

This, this is how the press should behave with the administration, with any administration, with any politician. Adversarial. Our administration shouldn’t reverse this role with the press and go a step further by punishing them for it. An abridged free press compromises one of

Yesterday, MSNBC announced that it had dropped Pat Buchanan as a political analyst based on the release of his newest book, Suicide of a Superpower: Will American Survive to 2025? “After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the left

This is a very strange story first brought up by McClatchy, who says that the Marines are promoting an embellished version of the story behind Dakota Meyer’s reason for receiving a Medal of Honor. Ed Morrisey hits the high points

Graphic images of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s dead, broken body captured on video after rebels overran his headquarters belie an earlier period in history when the Libyan ruler was very much on the offensive against American interests. While public opinion remains

You can’t expect me to ignore this story. With the exception of Turner Classic Movies, Ed O’Neill’s iconic and brilliant work as Al Bundy has brought more pleasure into my life than any other fixture of our popular culture —

Hundreds of people lined Sarajevo’s main street on Saturday, as trucks bearing 613 coffins carrying victims’ remains pass through to Srebrenica, where the victims of Europe’s worst massacre since World War I will be buried, according to AP. The 613

Obviously Steven Hawking is a very bright guy, but his elitist hostility towards those who have an explanation for something neither he nor anyone has ever been able to explain, is rather bizarre. Fox 411: Last week, award-winning scientist and

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, former C.I.A. Director, Jim Woolsey gives his breakdown of the state of play in the Middle East. Where will power shift and who will come down on what side? How is the administration

Michael Moore apparently does have the capacity to know right from wrong with this clarification for his recent comments about the Julian Assange rape case being a “bunch of hooey” and Tommy Christopher has the wrap of the story: A

AFP: International news agencies locked in a TV rights row with Cannes film festival organisers announced a boycott Wednesday of one of the cinema world’s key events — the list of movies selected to screen at the film fest. Agence

As the 82nd annual Academy Awards rolled into their third hour, I started joking on our live blog about how the winners and presenters were so well behaved they were leaving me nothing to write about. In fact, it’s just

NBC New York: Getty Images There number of homeless people using city shelters each night has reached an all time high — a 45 percent increase since Mayor Bloomberg took office eight years ago, according to a new report. The

Some are under the mistaken impression that Hollywood’s rallying behind behind Polanski because he’s a a fellow artist. That has nothing to do with it. Polanski made a few classic films but his resume pales in comparison to the great

CORRECTION: This post failed to include numerous essays on the site critical of the filmmaker’s actions. While the site did include several strong commentaries speaking out in favor of Polanski, the site’s anti-Polanski posts outnumber them. I should have dug

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Comedians have lost a target, and the rest of the entertainment industry has lost a jewel. Bea Arthur is no longer with us. She died peaceably at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 86. As a humanitarian,