Pat Dollard

Fox News: Four California high school students are fighting for their right to show their patriotism any day of the year, after they were forced to remove their American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. While other students at the school wore clothing depicting the colors of the Mexican flag and other attire related to [...]

LOS ANGELES (AP)- Edith Shain, who claimed to be the nurse who was smooched by a sailor in Times Square in the famous Life magazine photograph marking the end of World War II, has died. She was 91. Shain died Sunday at her home in Los Angeles of liver cancer, said her son, Michael Shain, [...]

The Telegraph: Some Government departments could see their budgets slashed by up to a third as the Coalition moves to repair the £85bn black hole in the public finances, the leading non-partisan think tank said. Whitehall faces an unprecedented six years of spending cuts, the IFS said in its post-Budget analysis. Previously, the most it [...]

Politico: California Democrats are starting to worry that gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown — who hasn’t had a truly competitive election in three decades — isn’t ready for the 21st-century campaign trail. Since the general election kicked off two weeks ago, Brown — the state attorney general and former governor with a well-known penchant for micromanaging [...]

Toronto Globe And Mail: A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit central Canada Wednesday afternoon, rattling buildings from Windsor to Montreal and several U.S. states. The epicentre of the quake was likely in Quebec, north of Ottawa, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and struck at 1:41 p.m. EDT at a depth of 18 kilometres. “This particular [...]

Washington Times: When Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, shows up

Los Angeles Times: by Bruce Ackerman It is tempting to compare Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s criticism of Obama administration officials to Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s defiance of President Truman during the Korean War. But something important has changed over the last 60 years. Although MacArthur challenged Truman, the larger officer corps was then thoroughly committed [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior administration official tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama has accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s resignation as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command. McChrystal was pushed out over his blistering remarks about administration officials quoted in a [...]

Ever since his infamous “I don’t worry about the constitution” internet video, Rep. Phil Hare seems to be on a strict no-camera policy. In this latest video, notice how his handler sees the camera and ushers the congressman away. He even grabs him by the shoulders and turns him away.