Croatia on Sunday stages celebrations to mark its historic entry into the European Union as the bloc’s 28th member, almost two decades after the end of the Balkan state’s bloody war of independence from the former Yugoslavia. Symbolically, at midnight
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently informed the nation that July Fourth isn’t just for fireworks and independence any more. It is also the day we should “celebrate” Obamacare. Sure July Fourth is traditionally celebrated as the day we declared independence
div id=”ndn_single_player_9b4e46d6-10b7-1840-6627-4c8adb674413″> (AFP) – Ecuador on Thursday waived preferential rights granted under a trade agreement with the United States, in a show of independence as it considers asylum for fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
Hollywood suddenly loves America, the White House and probably apple pie again, too. Consider the patriotic fervor sweeping through this year’s Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down, the latter starring Jamie Foxx as a heroic American president. Both films
Nelson Mandela’s illness has brought the South African icon back into the news, and conservatives have begun to debate his legacy. Mandela was a leftist whose African National Congress (ANC) built ties to the Soviet Union during the struggle against
Don’t fall for the false claim that Nelson Mandela was anti-Israel! It is based on a hoax–a letter written by anti-Israel activist Arjan El Fassed more than a decade ago in the style of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s
The government is planning to force visitors from India, Pakistan, Nigeria and other countries whose nationals are deemed to pose a “high risk” of immigration abuse to provide a cash bond before they can enter the country, a report said
For a movie with a famously troubled production history, out-of-control budget, and hastily re-shot ending, “World War Z” didn’t turn out half bad. It’s more like 20% bad. The other 80% is a unique, at times awe-inspiring take on the
Conservatives have embraced Man of Steel, and rightly so, turning it into a cash cow for Warner Bros. The film is open about its religious aspects and has the kind of conservative leanings that we haven’t seen in major blockbusters
“What is at issue–what is always at issue–is a matter of good judgment, leadership, and institutional backbone. A willingness to act with conviction in the face of predictable political opposition and substantive debate is, as always, a requisite part of
(AP) BOSTON–For the first time in more than 20 years, the July 4 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular will not be televised nationally. The Boston Globe reports (http://b.globe.com/12OrqO8 ) that CBS declined to renew a contract with producers of the show,
From the White House that brought you “man-caused disasters,” “shared prosperity,” and “kinetic military action,” check out this new entry in the public lexicon: “Founding Founders.” That phrase made its way into the headline of a White House blog post
According to the Inspector General for the General Services Administration, managers at the GSA helped their friends in the private sector get lucrative contracts. The stunning report shows that GSA managers routinely overruled contracting officers on certain accounts, including Carahsoft
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded that all detainees being held by British forces in the restive south be handed over within two weeks, saying that holding prisoners any longer would be a violation of sovereignty. The British government came
Because of myriad scandals inflicting his second term, it has become common for many on the Right to compare Barack Obama to Richard Nixon. Both had been re-elected with majorities; though Mr. Obama’s margin of victory paled in comparison to
Safely re-elected last November, President Obama waited barely a month (December 4, 2012) before suspending once again the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995. That law required the United States to recognize Jerusalem as the permanent and undivided
The Jewish National Fund, a group most widely known for planting trees in Israel, is paying former President Bill Clinton $500,000 to give a 45-minute speech in Israel on June 17. The event Clinton is speaking at is to honor the
Federal agencies are having a tough time trying to make their buildings “green” in order to meet new guidelines. The Office of Management and Budget released a fiscal scorecard on Friday, and the Federal Times reported the OMB scorecard found “only six out of
Staples is currently conducting a “PUSH It Forward Contest,” which awards a $50,000 marketing campaign to the small business that wins it. However, as Maple Creek Gunsmithing in Fremont, Neb. learned–small businesses that sell guns are not allowed to take
A decade ago, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee were presiding over the lowest interest rates since WWII. The terrorist attack on September of 2001 had spurred the central bank
If Alexander Hamilton were alive in our time, he would have plenty to say about the seemingly endless Chinese cyber-espionage on US defense assets, which even the Defense Science Board, an advisory group to the Pentagon, admits has caused “staggering
President Barack Obama is finalizing an aggressive strategy to pack a court. It’s not the Supreme Court; it’s the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Whether Obama’s agenda succeeds or fails turns on whether he remakes
Memorial Day is one of our national holidays where the true meaning far too often gets lost in the shuffle. To those who have lost a family member or loved one defending America’s freedom, this weekend is much more than
Writing at the American Spectator, Robert Stacy McCain perceptively identifies a perky blonde Florida teenager as the “poster girl” for pedophilia: The case involves Kaitlyn Ashley Hunt, an 18-year-old in Sebastian, Florida, who was arrested in February after admitting that she had
Most people recognize that America’s recent natural gas boom ignited an energy renaissance with the potential to put this country on a path–should we choose it–toward North American energy independence and economic growth. But filmmaker Josh Fox is certainly not
Dominique Venner, a French award-winning historian whose social views were strongly traditional, killed himself inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris beside the main altar, using a shotgun to shoot himself through his mouth. 1,500 people were inside the cathedral
The legalisation of gay marriage is poised for approval by MPs on Tuesday after David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion. The opposition Labour Party helped him see off a “wrecking amendment” which had threatened his gay marriage bill. Tory
For a decade that started in the mid-1950s, a movement known as “Free Cinema” didn’t exactly sweep England, but it coincide, borrow from, and influence what became known in France as cinéma vérité — a movement that profoundly affected a
Prime Minister David Cameron could face a fresh Conservative rebellion over Europe on Wednesday if a parliamentary motion over an EU referendum is debated. Eurosceptic MP John Baron has introduced a non-binding motion expressing “regret” that last week’s Queen’s Speech,
Bangladesh, which went to war with Pakistan in 1971 to gain its independence, is going to war against the same Islamists who opposed Bangladeshi independence. On Sunday, the government arrested AKM Yusuf, the leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami Party, on charges
It has become a popular mantra of progressives to claim that conservatives are unable to contribute in any meaningful way to art or entertainment in America. Having heard this diatribe for most of the last decade in response to my
The Democratic Party continues to espouse its new Mexican-sovereignty narrative that is only meant wedge a divide among Americans, and pander for Hispanic votes, , in lieu of the ongoing immigration reform debate. On the heels of President Obama’s remarks
Hundreds of thousands of hardline Islamists demanding a new blasphemy law on Sunday blocked highways and fought running battles with police, leaving four people dead and hundreds injured in the Bangladeshi capital. Chanting “Allahu Akbar!” (“God is greatest!”) and “One
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) surges in local elections U.S. shows Israel new bunker buster bomb for use in Iran Israeli warplanes strike targets inside Syria California law will fund seizure of legally purchased
Elizabeth Colbert Busch has based her campaign appeal on being a “fiscally conservative” businesswoman. It is a good profile in the Republican-leaning district. It isn’t how most voters would describe an employee of a public university, however, which Colbert Busch
AP: A flag-covered spire has been hoisted to the roof of Lower Manhattan’s One World Trade Center, where it will eventually be raised and make the building soar to a symbolic 1,776 feet. As construction workers and onlookers applauded, the
In Hong Kong, the 17th century British tradition of lawyers wearing wigs has become a battle between barristers, who wear wigs and have unlimited rights in court, and solicitors, who want to wear the wigs but only have limited rights
By CHRIS TALBOTTAP Music WriterNASHVILLE, Tenn.America loves its outlaws, and few are as admired and lionized as Willie Nelson. As the enduring American icon’s 80th birthday has approached, he’s been honored with lifetime achievement awards, serenaded at special performances and
Sci-fi fan website io9 has an interesting article about a meeting of anthropologists, held every year for the last 25 years, in which the best methods for communicating with extraterrestrial life are discussed. Clearly, the appearance of flying saucers in
According to Politico, President Barack Obama has never “said the word ‘Chechnya’ publicly.” The publication points out that other past presidents have remained relatively quiet about Chechnya due to the Russian leadership’s sensitivity over the subject: “President Barack Obama and
