Obama Calls for Truce in Fight Against ISIL
Citing reports that troops fighting for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) may have come down with Ebola, US President Obama called for a halt in all military action against them.
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The Bureau keeps publicly condemning Pyongyang for the Sony hack. But privately, it is listening to other theories, including those about an inside job.
Agents of the National Security Agency, the spookiest spooks in all our vast spookocracy, are a bunch of stalkers, using the effectively boundless surveillance powers of their organization to spy on husbands and wives,
There is something called the "Ellen Dare Dance," which sounds kinda fun and free. Except in New York City, where police who aren't Ellen DeGeneres fans see it as a threat or an insult. Clearly, something not to be tolerated
June 8
President Calls Return of Bergdahl a "Mission of Mercy"
President Obama continued to insist that Sgt Bergdahl's health was a major factor in his decision to negotiate the exchange with the Taliban.
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January 5
New NYC Mayor Vows to "Crush Inequality"
Newly inaugurated New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told those attending the ceremony that he would "put an end to inequality in this City. For too long we have tolerated a situation whe
Google released information about the government requests it receives to take down its content, revealing attempts in the US to scrub content related to alleged prisoner abuse, sex crimes with a minor, and fraudulent business dealings.
To understand how the American people find themselves trapped in today's Orwellian dystopia of endless warfare against an ever-shifting collection of "evil" enemies, you have to think back to the Vietnam War and the shock to the ruling elite ca
Hans-Hermann Hoppe is a master of theoretical history. He tells us that it is not my purpose here to engage in standard history, i.e., history as it is written by historians, but to offer a logical or sociological reconstruction of history, informed
In last year's New Year's column I contended that the Iranian nuclear issue is undoubtedly the most important question the United States would be facing in the coming year, and " for once " my prediction turned out to be largely correct.
Gardeners at hundreds of spots around the country are sharing seeds as part of an increasing interest in locally grown food, but some agriculture officials say the well-meaning effort violates state laws.
After a months-long hiatus, a special immigration program designed to attract recruits with certain skills will be up and running once more in the next several weeks.
GOP to Become Party of "Yes"
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) brushed off complaints from his Party's conservative wing that his recent actions on the Cromnibus Bill served mainly to enable President Obama's illegal amnes
Amid racially charged protests and controversial police altercations, President Barack Obama said the United States is less racially divided now than before he took office.
New York strong-armed Ocwen Financial, a leading mortgage servicer, into a legal settlement that extracts $150 million from the company, puts it under a state-appointed monitor but even requires its executive chairman to resign.
Goldman and Kurtzman are now fighting Pennsylvania in court. They argue the state's seizure of more than 2,400 bottles of fine wine is unconstitutional and are seeking to force Pennsylvania to return the entire collection.
Ayn Rand called it "the aristocracy of pull." That was her term for the political-economic system in which people can get ahead (and even become exceptionally wealthy) by virtue of their connections with those in power, rather than by their work,
It costs the United States nearly twice as much to make a penny as that penny is actually worth, writes Christopher Ingraham for the Washington Post, reporting that it costs the government 1.7 cents to make a penny.