Al-Qaeda militants and other Sunni extremists are becoming a greater part of the conflict in Syria, just as the US officially announced it was abandoning any diplomatic approach in favor of toppling the regime through proxy rebel groups.
Controversy generated by recent reporting by Eric Lichtblau and Scott Shane of the New York Times about Food and Drug Administration spying on its doctors and scientists focuses on the blatant invasions of privacy, with Sen. Charles Grassley, R- Iowa
About one in 10 employers plan to drop health coverage when key provisions of the new health care law kick in less than two years from now, according to a survey to be released Tuesday by the consulting company Deloitte.
Recent remarks by Sir John Sawers, who heads Britain’s MI6 (the Secret Intelligence Service that is Britain’s CIA counterpart), leave us wondering if Sawers is preparing to “fix” intelligence on Iran, as his immediate predecessor, Sir John Scarlett,
Obviously, [Bernanke] was lying or mistaken in the immediately preceding statement about "little effect on" money supply, since M1 was already up to 1,767.2 or by 25% in 2 years when he wrote as a result of his first bailout
Two days ago I asked the commonsense question, "Why didn't anyone fight back against James Holmes, the shooter who shot so many people in the Batman movie theater?"
Conservatives have had a field day over Obama's comments in Roanoke, Virginia, where the president said: If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. Somebody helped to create this American system
Having already claimed the crown for the world's fastest electric motorcycle in 2011, he has now stamped his seal on the title of first manned electric airplane to break the 200 mph barrier in level flight.
What in the world has happened to America? How has it come to this? The America that we currently see is unrecognizable from the America many of us grew up in. The America that many oppressed people risked their lives to escape to now more resembles
The difference between run-of-the-mill moral hazards and The Great Moral Hazard is that the latter is so widespread that it has bankrupted the country fiscally and morally.
On June 2, 2009, an apartment superintendent in New Brunswick, N.J., stumbled upon what he thought was a terrorist hideout and called 911. It was really an NYPD operation to conduct surveillance well outside its jurisdiction. (July 25)
Harry Dent, the financial newsletter writer and CEO of economic forecasting firm HS Dent, has one of the most bearish calls on stocks we've heard in a while.
Europe is giving new meaning to the term "bootstrapping," the age-old (virtuous) idea of picking oneself up off the floor after some blow or reversal of fortune has laid you low.
Europe appears to be dismembering. We see Spanish yields breaking well above 7%. The Spanish government bond market is essentially closed to private investors.
Supporters of Rep. Ron Paul and sound monetary policy rejoiced online as they heard of the passage of H.R. 456, the Federal Transparency Act, on Wednesday. Their joy, however, was short-lived as within an hour of the bill passing word spread from the
In a world where roadblocks are set up all over the place and without any real thought to the consequences, imagine how difficult it could be to get from Point A to Point B. Doesn't that feel like the reality of regulations in the US now?
In order to offset their financial struggles, Barb and Tink have found a way to survive and minimize all of their expenses by growing their own food, bartering with neighbors and extreme budgeting with their small income.
Chris Duane, founder of Sons of Liberty Academy and 'Greatest Truths Never Told' on his YouTube channel - Richard Grove and Lisa Arbercheski, Producers of The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto
A new instrument for the world´s largest optical telescope, the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mount Graham, allows astronomers to observe the faintest and most distant objects in the universe.
r promote the growth of isolated cell cultures; promote the survival rate and enhance the viability of spermatozoa in the process of “cryopreservation – thawing”;
As a result, a good look at the history of polar bear evolution has had to wait for investigations of the DNA of living animals. Comparing the DNA of different but related species can work as a kind of microscope to look at events as the species sepa
icro-aerial vehicles (MAVs) with uncanny navigation and real-time mapping capabilities could soon be zipping through indoor and outdoor spaces, running reconnaissance missions that others cannot. They would allow soldiers to look over hills, inside b
States are more vulnerable than people think. They can collapse in an instant—when consent is withdrawn. This is the thesis of this thrilling book. Murray Rothbard writes a classic introduction to one of the great political essays in the history of i
Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom has launched an online song attacking US President Barack Obama and urging supporters not to vote for the US leader, who he accuses of trampling on Internet freedom.
Ice-T: Well, I'll give up my gun when everybody does. Doesn't that make sense? If there were guns here, would you want to be the only person without one?
A report issued by the United Nations-backed Global Commission on HIV and the Law; recommends that nations around the world get rid of “punitive” laws against prostitution – or what it calls “consensual sex work” ...