Business
The End Of The Car Age In One Chart
Alex Davies reports on a new study which concludes that the age of driving in America is over. It just so happens that fresh data on monthly motor vehicle miles driven is out today, and with that data we can compare total US monthly vehicle … [Read More...]
Can Miguel Cabrera Break Pete Rose’s All-Time Hits Record?
One year after winning the triple crown, Miguel Cabrera is off to an even better start. If he keeps up this pace, he will have nearly 2,100 hits at the age of 30, about half of Pete Rose's all-time record (4,256). But, can Cabrera keep it up? If … [Read More...]
Here’s The Search Warrant Where The FBI Called A Fox News Reporter A ‘Co-Conspirator’ In A Leak Investigation
New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza points out the "most chilling" part of the search warrant on Fox News … [Read More...]
US Politics
Iran Election Overseers May Bar Former… – ABC News
San Francisco ChronicleIran Election Overseers May Bar Former...ABC NewsIran's election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a reference to a former … [Read More...]
Supreme Court to hear frequent-flier case – USA Today – USA TODAY
Supreme Court to hear frequent-flier case - USA TodayUSA TODAYNow Northwest is asking the Supreme Court to explain how much freedom airlines have to set their own policies under the Airline Deregulation Act. The trade group Airlines for America … [Read More...]
Obama to give counterterrorism speech Thursday – USA Today – USA TODAY
Wall Street Journal (blog)Obama to give counterterrorism speech Thursday - USA TodayUSA TODAYPresident Obama delivers a counterterrorism speech Thursday that may also be a defense of two much criticized programs: Drone strikes and the terrorism … [Read More...]
Foreign Policy
Fracking: How It Could Save the Climate and U.S. Foreign Policy – PolicyMic – PolicyMic
PolicyMicFracking: How It Could Save the Climate and U.S. Foreign Policy - PolicyMicPolicyMic... Climate and US Foreign Policy. Although fracking comes with numerous well-documented environmental, safety, and health hazards, experience and … [Read More...]
Shaping US foreign policy – gulfnews.com
gulfnews.comShaping US foreign policygulfnews.comThis week, for the fourth time since taking over from Hillary Clinton in February, Kerry arrives for talks in Israel and Palestine, where he hopes to twitch the corpse of two-state peace talks … [Read More...]
Shaping US foreign policy – gulfnews.com
gulfnews.comShaping US foreign policygulfnews.comThis week, for the fourth time since taking over from Hillary Clinton in February, Kerry arrives for talks in Israel and Palestine, where he hopes to twitch the corpse of two-state peace talks … [Read More...]
Justice
The Supreme Court Agreed To Hear A Case Today That Will Probably Nuke Separation Of Church And State
Eight years ago, in an opinion warning of the “violent consequences of the assumption of religious authority by government,” retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor offered a challenge to her fellow conservative justices eager to … [Read More...]
Alliance Of Western Nations Flags Public Safety Benefits Of Drug Decriminalization
In the wake of calls from several Latin American leaders to end the failed war on drugs, a new report by an international alliance of major Western Hemisphere nations flags the potential benefits of decriminalization and/or legalization. … [Read More...]
College Student Accidentally Shot By Good Guy With A Gun
Hofstra student Andrea Rebello. Credit: FacebookLate last week, 21 year old Hofstra University student Andrea Rebello was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in a group house near the Uniondale, New York campus. But the initial … [Read More...]
Elections 2012
Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year
Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election. Republicans who requested … [Read More...]
Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget
Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan ... … [Read More...]
Why You Should Feel Sorry for the IRS
Yes, the Internal Revenue Service was wrong to target dozens of conservative groups for extra scrutiny, even if it was accidental. Everybody agrees on this point. But lost in the frenzy is a bigger question: If the IRS screwed this up so royally … [Read More...]
World News
Police: Beersheba shooter former Border Guard – Jerusalem Post
AFPPolice: Beersheba shooter former Border GuardJerusalem PostItamar Alon kills himself, 4 others in revenge shooting at bank; Police had asked court to strip him of gun after 2011 incident. Police and EMS workers outside Beersheba bank where … [Read More...]
Obama meets visiting Myanmar president – Xinhua
Obama meets visiting Myanmar presidentXinhuaWASHINGTON, May 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday lauded Myanmar's efforts made over the past two years in holding elections and in solving the country's longstanding ethnic … [Read More...]
Guatemala’s top court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction – Reuters
Montreal GazetteGuatemala's top court annuls Rios Montt genocide convictionReutersBy Mike McDonald. GUATEMALA CITY | Tue May 21, 2013 12:43am EDT. GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's highest court on Monday overturned a genocide … [Read More...]
Politics & Media
Amazing Footage Of Oklahoma Tornadoes Demolishing Homes, ‘Tearing Up Everything In Its Path’
CNN and local stations captured incredible aerial footage of the tornadoes ravaging through multiple Oklahoma cities, giving a visual … [Read More...]
On ‘Scandals’, President Obama Should Borrow From An Unfamiliar Playbook: Bush And Cheney
This week, scandal fever engulfed cable news, radio, and Republican dinner tables across the country, as the GOP (and some Democrats) embarked on … [Read More...]
GOP Rep. Darrell Issa Was Informed About IRS Investigation Last July
The IRS scandal continues to engulf the news cycle as critics from the both sides of the aisle express outrage and demand anger. While there is … [Read More...]
Bob Schieffer Tears Into WH Adviser Over Response To Scandals: ‘Is The President Out Of Touch?’
White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer must not have particularly enjoyed himself this weekend, given that his Sunday show appearances have been … [Read More...]
Economy
Scott Walker Touts Job Growth That Ranks Wisconsin Seventh-To-Last In Nation
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is pushing a report from his administration’s Department of Workforce Development that puts the state’s … [Read More...]
How States Are Leading The Way On Equal Pay For Women
Legislation at the federal level designed to improve women’s economic opportunities appears stalled, including, most recently, the Paycheck … [Read More...]
Elizabeth Warren Slams ‘Dangerous’ Legislation That Would Weaken Wall Street Reform
A week after a bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee overwhelmingly approved a rollback of certain financial … [Read More...]
Treasury Department Begins Preparing For Debt Ceiling Hostage Negotiations
Credit: The Economist At noon on Friday, the Treasury Department began the latest round of accounting contortionism brought on by … [Read More...]
