Business
The 8 Richest People In Baseball
When baseball players haggle with teams over contracts, it is often described as "millionaires fighting with billionaires." But in reality, there are surprisingly few billionaire owners in baseball. When Forbes.com recently released the 2013 … [Read More...]
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Has Scheduled A Mysterious Press Conference For Monday (YHOO)
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will make some kind of an announcement on Monday. The press conference was first tweeted by CNBC, and confirmed by other publications. Obviously, some people think that Mayer will announce that Yahoo is buying Tumblr for … [Read More...]
TOP VETERANS’ ADVOCATE: Obama’s Budget Contains One Of The Most Galling Mistakes Of His Presidency
As a concession to Republican members of Congress who want to see meaningful entitlement reform President Barack Obama included in his budget the so-called … [Read More...]
There Are Only A Few Hours Left For Facebook To Rush In And Break Up The Yahoo-Tumblr Deal
Yahoo's board is meeting Sunday evening to decide whether to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka reported last night. So that means there are only a few hours left for Facebook to submit a compelling counter-offer. … [Read More...]
US Politics
President and First Lady to Host Concert Honoring Carole King in the East Room – Whitehouse.gov (press release)
Washington Times (blog)President and First Lady to Host Concert Honoring Carole King in the East RoomWhitehouse.gov (press release)President Obama will present the award as he did when the Library of Congress honored Stevie Wonder (2009), Sir … [Read More...]
After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs – Reuters
The White House (blog)After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobsReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda to the economy by … [Read More...]
Markey Still Edging Out Gomez in Massachusetts Senate Race – U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World ReportMarkey Still Edging Out Gomez in Massachusetts Senate RaceU.S. News & World ReportThe race to fill Secretary of State John Kerry's former Senate seat has come into focus, with a little more than a month left before … [Read More...]
Foreign Policy
A man, the state and war: The legacy of Kenneth Waltz (1924-2013) – The Interpreter
A man, the state and war: The legacy of Kenneth Waltz (1924-2013)The InterpreterFrom these snippets Waltz assembled three 'images' of international relations: one that explained the behaviour of states in terms of the drives, faults and … [Read More...]
A Conversation with Stephen Harper – Council on Foreign Relations
CBC.caA Conversation with Stephen HarperCouncil on Foreign RelationsNow obviously it's a significant part of the -- of our own pressures in terms of our targets, the targets we share -- we share a Copenhagen target with the United States. We … [Read More...]
Eurocepticism no bar to close British-French defence ties – The Guardian (blog)
The Guardian (blog)Eurocepticism no bar to close British-French defence tiesThe Guardian (blog)He stressed the need for "concrete" steps with decisions taken by "sovereign" nation states. Other European countries were welcome to join in such … [Read More...]
Justice
Federal Appeals Court: Drug Sentencing Disparity Is Intentional Racial ‘Subjugation’
Since Congress recognized the gaping racial disparity between mandatory minimum sentences for crack offenses and cocaine offenses and reduced the ratio from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1, courts have grappled with when and how to apply the statute to … [Read More...]
Reid Reportedly Prepared To Disarm Filibusters For All Nominees
(Credit: AP) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) expects a showdown in July over a potential second round of filibuster reform, and he’s prepared to push for a sweeping change to the minority’s ability to unilaterally obstruct … [Read More...]
Illinois Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
The Illinois legislature sent a medical marijuana bill to Gov. Pat Quinn Friday, after the Senate passed a measure 35-21 largely along party lines. The measure would permit marijuana use with a doctor’s prescription for 33 specified ailments, … [Read More...]
Elections 2012
Tea party groups call IRS process ‘nightmare’
Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit ... … [Read More...]
Books, Media Interviews, and Phone Calls: Tea Party Groups Describe to Us the Detailed Information Demanded by the IRS
"We knew they were playing games with us at that point." … [Read More...]
Five ways the IRS scandal will change Washington
Toss a pebble into a lake and the ripples spread far and wide. Lob a scandal, in which the anti-tax tea party is under attack by its nemesis, the Internal Revenue Service, into the shark-infested waters of Washington, and well, the political … [Read More...]
World News
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang heads to India to seek improved ties after border … – Fox News
Economic TimesChinese Premier Li Keqiang heads to India to seek improved ties after border ...Fox NewsNEW DELHI – NEW DELHI (AP) — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier is heading to India on his first foreign … [Read More...]
Nigeria army’s offensive to continue "as long as it takes" – BBC News
BBC NewsNigeria army's offensive to continue "as long as it takes"BBC NewsNigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives. Brig Gen Chris … [Read More...]
Crash in small Va. town injures dozens during parade – CBS News
ABC NewsCrash in small Va. town injures dozens during paradeCBS NewsUpdated at 9:56 p.m. ET. DAMASCUS, Va. An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were … [Read More...]
Politics & Media
Kanye West Rocks And Shocks Audience With ‘Black Skinhead’ And ‘New Slaves’ On SNL
Kanye West returned to SNL tonight, in anticipation of his new record “Yeezus,” confounding his audience with a thrilling, … [Read More...]
SNL’s Stefon Gets Incredibly Epic Send-Off With Anderson Cooper, Seth Meyers, And Wedding Bells
Welp, it’s come to this. With both Seth Meyers and Bill Hader leaving Saturday Night Live, we finally had to say goodbye to both … [Read More...]
SNL Relentlessly Mocks ‘Pray The Gay Away’ With Summer Camp Led By Ben Affleck
Saturday Night Live took on the concept of “praying the gay away” with a summer camp named “New Beginnings,” in which the … [Read More...]
Ben Affleck And Jennifer Garner Get All Lovey-Dovey And Flaunt Their Love For SNL Monologue
Ben Affleck entered the SNL five-timers club to significantly less fanfare than Justin Timberlake, but that didn’t stop him from flaunting … [Read More...]
Economy
How Women May Take The Blame For A Man’s Disastrous Trade At JP Morgan
Following the London Whale trading scandal that cost JP Morgan at least $6 billion, Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is facing pressure from … [Read More...]
How Piecemeal Fixes Will Make Sequestration Worse
Photo credit: The Memphis Flyer A report out today from the Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee shows costly new flaws in … [Read More...]
The Social Safety Net Is Staving Off Income Inequality
Income inequality around the world increased more during the financial crisis that it did in the previous 12 years, according to new data from … [Read More...]
How The IRS Could Make It Easier To Track Dark Money, Right Now
While much of the attention currently focused on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) surrounds the agency’s acknowledgement that non-profit … [Read More...]
