Clarke: Freddie Gray Charges “Duke LaCross Case All Over Again”

by IAN HANCHETT Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (D) declared the charges brought against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray “George Zimmerman and the Duke Lacrosse case all over again” and said “these cops are political prisoners,” offered up as human sacrifices, thrown like red meat to an angry mob” on Friday’s “Your […]

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The Truth About GOP Budgets: They Never Balance

In Washington, the conservative thing to do these days is to champion a balanced budget. Quite recently, in fact, Republicans have congratulated themselves for passing two budgets (one in each house of Congress) that, on their face, will achieve balance within 10 years. However, there is more to this story. When you remove the Enron-style […]

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Cartoon: Putin’s Latest Action

The Heritage Foundation’s Lee Edwards wrote about Vladimir Putin’s latest aggression earlier this week: Washington policymakers are overlooking a potentially serious foreign policy crisis: the mounting Russian pressure, economic, political and military, on the tiny but strategically located Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Within the Baltic states, all of which have sizeable Russian […]

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Addresses Joint Meeting of Congress

Wednesday, Prime Minster Shinzo Abe was the first Japanese Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress. During his week-long visit to the U.S., Prime Minister Abe emphasized the strong relationship between the U.S. and Japan and pushed for completion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement. Abe began his address remembering his […]

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Military Historian on Iran Deal: ‘Would Be Seen as Stunning Capitulation’

(CNSNews.com) — Max Boot, a military historian and former adviser to U.S. commanders in Afghanistan and Iraq, said on Wednesday that if the United States agrees to a nuclear deal with Iran with the terms that have been leaked from the negotiations, it would be seen as a “stunning capitulation” by America’s allies and could result in […]

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