Mona Charen The United Nations plays a supporting role in every war between Hamas and Israel. U.N. spokesmen routinely issue statements, accusations, and denials about everyone’s conduct, including their own (most recently, they had to account for why they returned rockets, discovered in a U.N. school, to Hamas). Israel was denounced worldwide for an “attack” […] Read More → 
Tens of thousands of people have turned out in central London to protest the bombing of Gaza. Large crowds of protesters marched through the British capital’s busy West End shopping area on Saturday, passing the U.S. Embassy before descending on Hyde Park for a rally. Many waved placards and the Palestinian flag, chanting “Free, Free […] Read More → 
Truth Revolt – by Daniel Mael According to new information released by Verity Educate, a textbook being proposed for use in the Texas school system badly butchers the Declaration of Independence. One book, Perfection Learning: Basic Principles of American Government, which if accepted would be used by some 5 million students, reads: As Verity Educate points out, […] Read More → 
U.S. veterinarians are warning that outbreaks of a deadly pig virus will climb this autumn after a summertime hiatus, likely killing another 2.5 million pigs over the next 12 months and amplifying an increase in pork prices. Concerns persist about the expected jump in infections of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) despite assurances from U.S. […] Read More → 
Bill and Hillary Clinton have long supported an estate tax to prevent the U.S. from being dominated by inherited wealth. That doesn’t mean they want to pay it. To reduce the tax pinch, the Clintons are using financial planning strategies befitting the top 1 percent of U.S. households in wealth. These moves, common among multimillionaires, […] Read More → 
An international March Against Monsanto is scheduled for May 24. Hundreds of events around the world have already been scheduled to protest against the world’s biggest agrcultural biotechnology company. Like all capitalist monopolies, Monsanto got to where it is today by being ruthless. There are other big biotech companies with shocking records of disregarding people […] Read More → 
Adam Silver wants you to know that he is really, really not David Stern. That’s the main takeaway from today’s remarkable press conference in which the new NBA commissioner banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the team and the league for life for making racist statements. Silver also levied the maximum $2.5 million […] Read More → 
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) were ordered to pay a combined $9 billion after a federal court jury found they hid the cancer risks of their Actos diabetes medicine in the first U.S. trial of its kind. Takeda, based in Osaka, Japan, was ordered to pay $6 billion in punitive damages […] Read More → 
A flood of last-minute applicants rushed to sign up for health insurance on Monday, deadline day for President Barack Obama’s health care law, with more than 100,000 people at a time using the fragile system despite a new spate of intermittent ills. Supporters of the overhaul fanned out across the country in a final dash […] Read More → 
As planes spent a third day hunting for two large objects spotted by satellite in the southern Indian Ocean, Australian officials on Saturday said they were far from giving up on what remains the strongest lead in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Two military planes from China arrived in Perth to help search […] Read More → 
“America’s most patriotic rock band” performed America’s most patriotic song at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday. And the reviews were mixed. Madison Rising’s rendition of the national anthem had a few drivers chuckling and some fans shaking their heads before the Nationwide Series season opener. The band’s version of “The Star Spangled Banner,” which has […] Read More →