As more cities around the country have moved to deploy speed cameras in recent years, scrutiny of speed camera vendors has increased. While those companies typically tout speed cameras as a method of enhancing public safety, camera skeptics see more
Try this experiment. Pour 15-½ ounces of Coca-Cola in a tall glass. Add 1 tablespoon of Budweiser, which is exactly ½ ounce. That makes it 1/32 beer. Question: do you now have a glass of beer? Obviously not…unless you’re Elizabeth
Elizabeth Warren’s confession to the Boston Globe late last night that she self-identified as a “woman of color” to Harvard Law School twenty years ago, in 1992, raises some serious questions for both Ms. Warren and her employer, the most
Josh Mandel, who is challenging incumbent Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, is mounting a charge. Polls taken by Quinnipiac and Rasmussen have consistently shown Brown with 45% to 48% of the vote since last fall. Mandel’s support, which was registered at
The problem with the economically illiterate and inept is that they often forget to consider the secondary effects of their actions. The secondary effects of Mayor Bloomberg’s latest plan to ban the sale of large sodas and “sugary drinks” will do exactly
Judicial Watch has been joined by major media outlets and organizations to have the White House visitor logs released. Some of the groups joining Judicial Watch are Bloomberg, L.P.; CBS Broadcast Inc.; Dow Jones & Company Inc.; Gannett, Co. Inc.; The McClatchy Company;
Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign has released a statement pushing back against incumbent opponent Scott Brown, who earlier today called on the Harvard Law professor to release her employment records to clear up ongoing questions about her professed Native American ancestry.
Democrat Elizabeth Warren is now fundraising over her own failure to prove she is a Cherokee, sending an e-mail to supporters in which she accuses incumbent U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R) of attacking her family and her “heritage.” But what
Today the Obama campaign, in obvious coordination with the Washington Post, expected to launch a new attack against presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney from the steps of the Massachusetts state capital. The Post wrote a story critical of Romney’s time
After much weeping and gnashing of teeth over the VAWA (which was contested due to the numerous poorly-written add-ons from the Schumer crowd), you’d think that Democrats would be quick to support PRENDA, the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, which aims to
Ward Churchill’s lawsuit against the University of Colorado for firing him after his comments labeling victims of 9/11 “little Eichmanns” has now proceeded to the Colorado Supreme Court. Churchill says that his comments fall under First Amendment guidelines; essentially, he
Today, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a surprise appearance at Solyndra headquarters to talk about President Obama’s record of crony corporatism. The Obama Administration loaned over $500 million to Solyndra via an accelerated process; later, of course, Solyndra went
It’s one of the greatest scams in the history of left-wing scams, and it goes a little something like this: taxpayers of all political stripes pay the salaries of public employees, public employees are forced to join public unions, public
President Obama spent much of his time during the Obamacare debate ripping pharmaceutical companies for supposedly overcharging customers. But as it turns out, an email from June 2009 shows that Obama’s director of White House Office of Health Reform, Nancy
The coordinated leftist attempt to destroy the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over ALEC’s support for voter ID and “stand your ground” laws reached a new low today when Walmart, the biggest retailer in America, suspended its membership in the
A group that describes itself as “concerned Cherokee, descendants and supporters” is calling for a “peaceful protest outside of the Massachusetts Democratic Convention on Saturday, June 2nd.” A Facebook user, Cherokee Solidarity, posted information about the planned peaceful protest on
Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA) is going all-out in his defense for Senate candidate and Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren, after Warren has come under fire for bragging repeatedly about her supposed Native American ancestry. Now, Patrick is attempting to
Today, Live Action released a second disturbing undercover video showing Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger clinic in New York City candidly counseling a woman on the “how to” of committing gendercide, the sex-selective abortion of her female unborn child. A Planned Parenthood employee
American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks, author of the book, The Road To Freedom, has shown conservatives how to easily debunk liberal myths about free enterprise and how to more effectively argue on its behalf. Brooks has been cutting a
Ruh-roh, Barack Obama — even the Los Angeles Times can’t spin your fail: New unemployment claims unexpectedly jumped last week, indicating a pickup in layoffs, a worrisome sign ahead of Friday’s important jobs report for May. Adding to the dreary
Last night, Elizabeth Warren finally admitted to the Boston Globe that she lied when she made previous statements that she had “no idea” why Harvard Law School referred to her as a “woman of color.” Ms. Warren confessed that she told
Yesterday, in the wake of our reporting that national Democrats were silent on defending Elizabeth Warren over her claims of Native American Heritage, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick rushed to endorse her. It was the latest sign that Democrats are increasingly
(AP) US filings for unemployment aid at a 5-week highBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONThe number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a five-week high, evidence that the job market remains sluggish. The Labor Department said Thursday
When modest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 2.2% for the first quarter of 2012 was announced in late April, the mainstream media did its best to spin the result in a positive direction, the better to help President Barack
He stood up, single-handed and unarmed, against a violent Occupy Wall Street mob. He followed hundreds of masked Black Bloc thugs for six city blocks, yelling at them to stop smashing car windows and storefronts. He’s a former Google employee with
The group Live Action continues to reveal what really goes on insidePlanned Parenthood’s clinics. In a video released today, a counselor at aclinic in Austin, Texas is shown casually discussing a sex-selectionabortion of an otherwise healthy baby. This is what
New York magazine just published a hefty pieceby John Heilemann giving a behind-the-scenes look at the comingelection from the point of view of the Obama campaign. The O-team isconfident they’ll win, we’re told, and yet Heilemann conveys a realsense of
This week began with Memorial Day, and it was a sober reminder of what we are fighting for – in Wisconsin and across America. “Save Wisconsin, Save the Country” is the slogan of the Tea Party Patriots campaign in Wisconsin
As part of the week of protests against NATO in Chicago, the National Nurses United union staged its own demonstration in Daley Plaza, centered around a message of wealth redistribution and class warfare. Their protest was part of a series
From NBC 4 New York: NBC 4 New York has obtained the mugshot of the suspect arrested for allegedly luring 6-year-old Etan Patz off a SoHo street and strangling him in a basement. Pedro Hernandez, 51, was arraigned last week
Bothered about the prospect of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials patting you or your kids down? Ever go through security at Philadelphia International Airport? If the answers to both of those questions are “yes,” you might want to stop reading
The leading politicians of the Massachusetts Democratic Party establishment circled the wagons around Elizabeth Warren this afternoon when Governor Deval Patrick endorsed her at a hastily called press conference. “I love this candidate,” the Governor said of Warren. “I’m excited
This morning Americans for Prosperity (AFP) kicked off a four-day bus tour in Milwaukee to highlight the recent successes in Wisconsin and continuing to stay focused on the future challenges the dairy state faces. The tour is called “A Better
If you’ve been following the story of the Pigford settlement that Andrew Breibart exposed, rejoice: Pigford mastermind Al Pires is now in the race to be elected as a Senator in the great state of Delaware. As Delmarvanow.com reports: Alexander
When does a need to win become unhealthy? Is a willingness to accept loss a sign of weakness? These questions take on real-world significance when we compare the views of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on losing elections. Conservatives terrified
The money bomb launched yesterday for Wisconsin’s embattled Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch yielded an impressive five figures. Kleefisch’s campaign received 1,035 donations with $53,706.51 as the grand total. The money will go towards ad buys to defend the successful Lieutenant Governor from out-of-state labor
Planned Parenthood, panicked that their funnel of money from the federal government will close under a Romney Administration, has filmed a new ad attacking Romney that will run in three pivotal states. The organization that performs over 200,000 abortions every year is
On Tuesday, President Obama awarded the highest civilian honor in the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Dolores Huerta, the openly socialist leader who is an honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America. Huerta, the partner with
According to the liberal Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, President Obama met yesterday with “about 20 Conservative Jewish community leaders.” At that meeting, Ha’aretz reports, Obama “stressed he probably knows about Judaism more than any other president, because he read about it.”
Wind energy has long been sold as a form of green, renewable energy without the downsides of drilling for oil or burning coal. However, there is now a growing groundswell of opposition to wind farms by green groups like the
