Elizabeth Warren speaks at an event in Claremont, N.H., January 18, 2019. (Reuters/Brian Snyder) Senator Elizabeth Warren apologized Wednesday for identifying herself as an “American Indian” on her application to the State Bar of Texas…
This Week at the U.N.: Feminist Concern about…
Scotland First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon addresses the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in 2017. REUTERS/ (Russell Cheyne/Reuters) Scotland’s highest-ranking politician sides with radical LGBTI activists who advocate gender ‘transitioning’ for children. Christopher Hitchens used to say…
On the Wrong Side of Life
Earl Billings as Dr. Kermit Gosnell in Gosnell (Trailer image: GosnellMovie.com) The relationship between Gosnell and the Democratic reaction to the SoTU; musings on priority plane tickets; and thoughts on Melania Trump and women’s magazines…
The Law Will Be on Trump’s Side if…
Migrants cross a river next to an construction crew working on a section of the new U.S.-Mexico wall between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, February 5, 2019. (Jose Luis Gonzalezz/Reuters) For all the…
Twenty Things You Didn’t Know about Cory Booker
Sen. Cory Booker speaks to volunteer campaign canvassers for Democratic congressional candidate Chris Pappas ahead of the midterm elections in Portsmouth, N.H., October 28, 2018. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Once recruited by Gerald Ford, cheered by Betsy…
The Senate Finance Committee Is Now Steered by…
Sen. Chuck Grassley speaks during U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, September 4, 2018. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley will help the institution recover some of the power…
Massachusetts’s Republican Governor Takes On Drug Companies
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (Greg M. Cooper/Reuters) Government negotiations are not the way to bring down prices. It doesn’t take a political genius to realize that, to stay in office, any elected Republican in Massachusetts…
Pound tumbles as Bank of England sees worst…
The Bank of England has downgraded its growth forecast for 2019 growth to 1.2%, which would be the smallest rise since 2009. Sterling tumbled on the news and was trading 0.6% down versus the US…
Couple divorce after 3 minutes when groom makes…
A couple got a divorce just three minutes after being declared husband and wife after the groom mocked the bride as they were leaving their wedding ceremony. After the legal proceedings ended the couple turned…
Defiant couple saves £15,000 on central heating by…
A defiant couple has saved themselves £15,000 by refusing to use their central heating for the last ten years. Joanne and Jim Bell of Yelland, Devon, have not been deterred by the freezing British winters.…
Glaring Theresa May kicks Brexit vote down the…
Stony-faced Theresa May kicked MPs' Brexit vote back as far as MARCH today after struggling through "robust" talks with Brussels. EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker rebuffed her bid to reopen talks on the 585-page Brexit deal…
Milwaukee Police officer killed marking the citys 3rd…
A Milwaukee police officer was shot dead in the line of duty Wednesday morning while executing a search warrant, officials said. The slain officer is the third Milwaukee police officer to die in the line…
Icy storm moves east, bringing threat for dangerous…
A second storm system is moving through the Midwest on Thursday morning and wreaking havoc from the Rockies to the Northeast. Interested in Weather? Add Weather as an interest to stay up to date on…
What’s The Matter With Virginia?
I’ve been trying to get a line on the craziness in Virginia, but I just can’t. Now we have its Democratic governor and Democratic attorney general admitting to 1980s blackface incidents, and its (black) Democratic…
Can American Capitalism Survive?
Capitalism in America: A History, Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge, Penguin Press, 496 pages “I hear America singing…the United States is the greatest poem” — Walt Whitman It’s not often that I read a book,…
Democrats Give Selves A Political Wedgey
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam defends de facto infanticide on Jan 30 radio interview (begins near 39:00 mark) ( WTOP video screenshot) Emma Green at The Atlantic says that Trump may have found a wedge issue:…
Trump calls Schiff political hack as Dems open…
One day after President Trump decried what he called "the politics of revenge" and "partisan investigations" in his State of the Union address, Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced a new, wide-ranging probe into…
Five buildings in flames after gas blast
Image copyright Reuters A loud boom and huge flames sent panicked San Franciscans running into the street following a gas explosion on Wednesday afternoon. Street workers were installing fibre-optic cables on Geary Boulevard when they…
Delta Air Lines apologizes for creepy Diet Coke…
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Delta Air Lines apologizes for 'creepy' Diet Coke napkins, is removing them from flights Delta Air Lines is removing Diet…
How to stop robocalls, block numbers on your…
T-Mobile IDs suspicious calls, “Scam Likely,” among other measures to reduce unsolicited calls their customers are getting. Here are ways you can avoid unwanted robocalls with the major wireless companies. USA TODAY “Hello! Please don’t…
These are the worst cities to live in…
These are the worst cities to live in America. Is yours one of them? Samuel Stebbins and Grant Suneson, 24/7 Wall StreetPublished 6:00 a.m. ET Feb. 7, 2019 | Updated 11:12 a.m. ET Feb. 7, 2019…
Virginia politics in chaos amid Northam, Fairfax and…
The political crisis in Virginia has exploded: The state's attorney general has confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman has gone public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant…
Sources: Lakers hopes fading for Davis trade
8:38 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN New Orleans Pelicans general manager Dell Demps has had no communication Wednesday with Lakers president Magic Johnson on Los Angeles' most recent trade offer for All-Star big man Anthony Davis,…