Forbes: President Obama has staked his reputation on being a human rights guru to people around the world. But his remarks at Tuesday’s news conference and behavior since taking office have instead exposed a different persona–that of human rights charlatan. On June 15, three days after the phony Iranian elections and the same day that [...]
RealClearPolitics: Here is the one immutable fact of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy agenda as it relates to Iran: It’s over. The rule book he came in with is as irrelevant as a tourist guide to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the forces of reform and democracy win, Obama’s plan to negotiate with the regime is [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he’s been having an affair and will resign as head of the Republican Governor’s Association. The married father of four emotionally apologized to his wife, staff and others after returning Wednesday from a trip to Argentina that followed a dayslong absence. He staff had said [...]
FOX News: The isolated regime made the threat as a U.S. destroyer shadows a North Korean ship suspected of transporting illicit weapons to Myanmar in what could be the first test of U.N. sanctions passed to punish the nation for an underground nuclear test last month. The Pentagon shrugged off a threat from North Korea [...]
The Times Online: The Iranian regime has appointed one of its most feared prosecutors to interrogate reformists arrested during demonstrations, prompting fears of a brutal crackdown against dissent. Relatives of several detained protesters have confirmed that the interrogation of prisoners is now being headed by Saaed Mortazavi, a figure known in Iran as “the butcher [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup Inc. is increasing the base salaries of many employees — reportedly by as much as 50 percent for some workers — as it restructures their compensation amid government restrictions on bonuses. The higher salaries are not the equivalent of annual raises because bonuses are being lowered, according to a person [...]
While due to formatting, it would be unideal to reproduce the grant documents here, I will provide links for you to see for yourself how our tax dollars are being spent at a time like this. Federal funding to the tune of $100,000 to breed toads Our money is going to preserve an endangered toad [...]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea threatened Wednesday to wipe the United States off the map as Washington and its allies watched for signs the regime will launch a series of missiles in the coming days. Off China’s coast, a U.S. destroyer was tailing a North Korean ship suspected of transporting illicit weapons to [...]
