The new U.N. human rights chief urged world powers on Monday to protect women and minorities targeted by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, saying the fighters were trying to create a “house of blood”. Jordan’s Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, the first Muslim to hold the position, called for the international community to focus […] Read More → 
Brookings Institution president claims Kremlin-controlled separatist leader acknowledged responsibility Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott has sensationally blamed Russia for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane which was hit by a missile over Ukraine, killing all 295 people on board. Strobe Talbott @strobetalbott Follow Donetsk separatist boss Strelkov, Kremlin’s proxy in war, says he ordered shootdown […] Read More → 
The Onion NEW YORK—Noting that it has had thousands of years to develop a more agreeable option, humankind expressed bewilderment this week that it has yet to devise a better alternative to governing itself than always letting power-hungry assholes run everything, sources worldwide reported. Individuals in every country on earth voiced their frustration that, in […] Read More → 
Paul Greenberg Eric Shinseki spent a lifetime serving his country before being ill served by a vast bureaucracy with deep-seated dysfunctions beyond even his ability and dedication to cure. A four-star general, former chief of staff, and a combat veteran who left part of one foot in Vietnam, his most notable service may not have […] Read More → 
The Rev. Al Sharpton, the ambulance chasing civil rights careerist, race baiter and MSNBC fixture, served his government as an FBI informant. Sharpton said he worked with the FBI after he was threatened by gangsters but, as The Smoking Gun reported on Wednesday, this turns out to be a lie. In fact, the explanation for […] Read More → 
A bunch of aggrieved women led by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg launched a high-profile “public service campaign” this week to “ban” the word “bossy.” Sandberg, Beyonce, Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham and first lady Michelle Obama have joined femme forces to combat this phantom menace. In their rarefied world, it’s a “very negative experience” and a […] Read More → 
John Hawkins: Bizarrely, racism in America is no longer mainly about race. Sure, race is involved in a peripheral manner, but racism has mainly become an excuse, a dodge, a way to escape responsibility. When a black liberal is criticized, he cries racism. When liberalism fails, liberals cry racism. When the Democrat Party gets in […] Read More →