The folks at the National Whistleblowers Center (yes, there is one) like to tell of Samuel Shaw and Richard Marven, two sailors who landed in the brig in 1778 in retaliation for blowing the whistle on the commander of the Continental Navy, who had “treated prisoners in the most inhuman and barbarous manner.” Their bravery […]
You might think that a White House press briefing would be the one place where it’s safe to ask the Obama Administration a question about its economic policy. Well, think again, especially if you’re questioning the underlying premise of the Administration’s economic philosophy. Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Meckler asked White House press secretary […]
Though nothing new, it is amazing how issues with Obama’s so-called original birth certificate just keep crawling out of the woodwork. Earlier this spring, in an attempt to silence well-founded rumors that Obama is in fact not an American citizen – and perhaps not even a legal immigrant! – the White House posted an image […]
Late-night comedian Conan O’Brien’s blog has a new post parodying Washington’s excessive spending. “Team Coco has found out why our government is so broke,” the blog explains, “They’ve been spending all our hard earned tax dollars on some pretty ridiculous programs.” The post contains a list of humorous fake programs and encourages readers submit their own. But […]
Verizon employees went on strike this week in protest of the company’s proposed changes to its employee benefits, which would make a number of changes to employees’ benefits. The company’s collective bargaining agreement expired at midnight on Saturday. By Sunday, Verizon was already alleging a dozen instances of sabotage, and illegal attempts by strikers to […]
What….you are asking? Shariah law in Washington, D.C.? How can that be? Apparently, Qatari petro-dollars talk and the U.S. Constitution walks and no one wants to talk about it much. The following are two articles on CityCenterDC in Washington,D.C.: The first is from the ground-breaking in April, when the Washington Times suddenly discovered the terror-incubating […]
ABC News’ Gregory Simmons (@abcgregory) reports: While the bulk of GOP hopefuls jockey for position this week in Ames, Iowa, ahead of Saturday’s straw poll, one former contender has signaled he might jump back in. In a phone interview from New York Monday afternoon with CNN, Donald Trump said he “would seriously consider” While discussing the recent […]
It wasn’t long ago that Hosni Mubarak, the 83-year-old former president of Egypt, was a key, U.S. ally. Nevertheless, last week The Blaze reported on the start of Mubarak’s embarrassing trial while in a cage, over charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters. Now, the Muslim Brotherhood that President Obama helped gain […]
The folks at the MacIver Institute for Public Policy, a Wisconsin-based free market think tank, have compiled a stunning infographic on the network of liberal groups, most of them labor unions, that have poured money into the State Senate recall elections. The elections, which will be held Tuesday, are the latest battle in an ongoing […]
The Obama Administration has in recent months made efforts to improve relations with Cuba contingent upon the release of Alan P. Gross. A subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Gross was arrested in December 2009 for making the Internet available to members of Cuba’s minuscule Jewish community. He was sentenced to 15 […]
