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More arrests in photographing of Thad Cochran’s wife in nursing home (Update: DA says McDaniel campaign not involved)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 22, 2014 10 Comments

Political presumption of guilt works in Thad Cochran's favor with fast approaching June 3 primary.

Dear Jay Rockefeller, please speed up your retirement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 22, 2014 12 Comments

And take your race card with you.

Tuesday’s elections weren’t even a flesh wound for real Tea Party types

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 22, 2014 23 Comments

Who says the Tea Party's dead?

Branco Cartoon – Broken Record

Posted by A.F. Branco on May 22, 2014 5 Comments

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Obama Response to VA Scandal Slammed on… CNN?

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 22, 2014 10 Comments

"I was a little caught off-guard by what apparently is a disconnect."

UCLA Judicial Board rejects attempt to disqualify pro-Israel students

Posted by CampusClimatologist on May 22, 2014 3 Comments

Anti-Israel Lawfare Fails; Pro-Israel Groups Take Offensive

U.S. deploys 80 troops to aid in search for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 21, 2014 18 Comments

Will support "operation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for missions over northern Nigeria and the surrounding area."

Op-Ed: “Open Carry” Activists Score Yet Another Own Goal

Posted by Andrew Branca on May 21, 2014 171 Comments

The armed demonstrations of "Open Carry" activists sets back gun rights movement.

A commencement speaker with a difference: Robert Frost, 1956

Posted by New Neo on May 21, 2014 4 Comments

The recent news about commencement speakers being scared away or disinvited or staying the course despite adversity or giving students a tongue-lashing might make you want to return to a commencement address from an earlier time. That time was 1956, nearly a full sixty years...

Six Iranians arrested after dancing to Pharrell’s ‘Happy’ on video (updated)

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 21, 2014 11 Comments

Six young Iranians were arrested earlier this week after a video was posted online in which they were featured dancing to Pharrell Williams’ hit song “Happy.” From CNN: Apparently, dancing to a song about happiness in Iran can get you arrested. Six Iranians are behind...