Right Side News: Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), a transnational Islamist movement described as a “conveyor belt” for jihadist terror, is preparing to play a much more active role in recruiting American Muslims. Although the cancellation of HT’s U.S. Khilafah Conference this month was a setback, the group is likely to persist in its American recruitment efforts [...]
The Hill: The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to confirm Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court on a mainly partisan vote of 13 to 6. All the Democrats on the committee voted in favor of Kagan, while all but one Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), voted against her. Graham, who was one of just [...]
ABC News: That Anthony Graber broke the law in early March is indisputable. He raced his Honda motorcycle down Interstate 95 in Maryland at 80 mph, popping a wheelie, roaring past cars and swerving across traffic lanes. But it wasn’t his daredevil stunt that has the 25-year-old staff sergeant for the Maryland Air National Guard [...]
The Smoking Jacket: The old saying goes “don’t dip your pen in the company ink.†First of all, we use computers now, Dad. Secondly, where else do people meet anymore? Americans work hard, and are working harder than ever before. We spend our entire lives punching clocks, shuffling papers and filling spreadsheet rows with nonsense [...]
CHICAGO (AP) – Finally, something for those guys who say they read Playboy for the articles: a chance to prove it. Playboy Enterprises Inc. launched a website Tuesday that it swears will be safe to browse while at work, eliminating the need for men to throw themselves over their computer screen when the boss walks [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Oil from BP’s blown out well is again seeping into the Gulf of Mexico, but this time, more slowly and scientists aren’t convinced the cap that stopped the flow last week is making things worse. The government said Monday that oil was seeping into the Gulf after days of warning that [...]
Politico: Four junior House Democrats frustrated with leadership’s approach to deficit spending are going rogue. Reps. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), John Adler (D-N.J.), Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) are getting more vocal on their concerns about government spending. They’re forming a working group to propose major cuts to spending in areas like defense, energy, [...]
