What’s Killing White Women? White women in the U.S. have historically enjoyed low mortality rates. But in recent years, the death rate for adult white women 15 to 54 years old has increased even as the rates for black and Hispanic women have declined, according to a new analysis from the Urban Institute. Here’s a […] Continue reading →
Jazz Shaw, Jonathan Gruber is still the gift that keeps on giving if you cover the political beat. Or perhaps in this case, the gift that keeps on taking. A review of the books seems to indicate that Mr. Gruber submitted some interesting invoices to the state of Vermont for his work on the development […] Continue reading → Rush Limbaugh is a figure that liberals love to hate — and he’s also usually right. Recently, Rush revealed a plan that might give the left even more reasons to despise him. The idea would sidestep Congress, and use the states to stop Barack Obama. “So there is impeachment to deal with a lawless president, a lawless executive. […] Continue reading →
Mario Cuomo, the three-time governor of New York who turned down several invitations to seek the U.S. presidency, has died at the age of 82, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The circumstances of his death, which came on the day that his son, Andrew Cuomo, delivered inaugural speeches in Manhattan and Buffalo for […] Continue reading →
On Saturday, Dec. 20, Minnesota’s Mall of America was partially shut down for hours as at least 1,500 people converged inside for a Black Lives Matter protest. No violence or property damage was reported, according to Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). Twenty-five people were arrested, cited, and released. But Bloomington City Attorney Sandra Johnson, citing the overtime incurred […] Continue reading → Warning from President Barack Obama to congressional Republicans: I have a veto pen and, come January, I won’t be afraid to use it. Since taking office in 2009, Obama has only vetoed legislation twice, both in fairly minor circumstances. But with Republicans set to take full control of Congress next year, Obama is losing his […] Continue reading →
Larry Elder, The recent “rash” of police officers killing blacks is prompting “civil rights activists” to describe America — despite the election and re-election of a black president — as still a simmering caldron of racism. Never mind that according to the CDC, in 2012 (the most recent year with available data) 140 blacks were […] Continue reading →
Becoming evil to defeat evil is un-American. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s release of the CIA torture report Tuesday has caused a divide among Americans. The debate, currently between all ends of the political spectrum, consists of those who vehemently oppose torture, those who support it, and those who base their decisions on political dogma. According […] Continue reading → Jonah Goldberg, Reasonable people can disagree on whether racism was involved in the tragic death of Eric Garner. My own suspicion is that this misfortune could have transpired just as easily with a white man resisting arrest and/or a black cop choking him. And even though lots of people don’t want to hear it, reasonable […] Continue reading →
Autry J. Pruitt, Events in Ferguson, Missouri have spawned an intriguing phenomenon. A casual pursuing of the popular center-left blogosphere like Slate or Salon, replete with its Upper East Side White Guilt, could make black folks wonder, ‘What the hell am I still doing here?’ A quick channel flip past MSNBC would have us believe […] Continue reading → What causes people to kick, shove and even stab each other on Black Friday? Each year there are reports of violence during the Black Friday sales. Last year, in Philadelphia – the City of Brotherly Love, no less – two families fought until one of the women ended matters with a stun gun. In a […] Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer said on Fox News tonight that amnesty via executive order is an “impeachable offense.” “Look, I believe it is an impeachable offense,” Krauthammer told Kelly. Watch his comments to Megyn Kelly: “If the circumstances were different, if we were at the beginning of a presidency, if we hadn’t had years when the Congress […] Continue reading → As America continues to debate the rights and wrongs of quarantining travelers from West Africa who could have been exposed to the Ebola virus, Rush Limbaugh has an answer sure to delight many on the right: “quarantine Barack Obama.” The conservative radio host made the comments on Tuesday during a monologue on Ebola and Tuesday’s midterm […] Continue reading → The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumed Monday roughly 1,100 miles off the Australian coast. The task is daunting: Searchers are focusing on 23,000 square miles of seabed that had never been mapped in detail before this summer, at depths of up to four miles. Nonetheless, the Australian Transportation Safety Board, the agency leading […] Continue reading → Jeff Gordon is among those happy that Tony Stewart has returned to NASCAR competition. Following a three-week absence, Tony Stewart is returning to competition this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Almost universally, his competitors are welcoming him back. Shortly after reading an emotional statement in his first public appearance since Aug. 9, Stewart received a […] Continue reading →
Authorities on Sunday imposed a midnight curfew for the second night a row in the tense St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teen was shot to death last week by police, seeking to secure an elusive peace as protesters continued to gather. Police blocked off at least one street to vehicle traffic before the […] Continue reading →