Yesterday afternoon I visited the Producer’s Guild conference which was held on the Fox Studio lot in Los Angeles. While waiting on line for an event featuring Jerry Bruckheimer I overheard that Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson would be appearing at
On Thursday, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell, responding to Rudy Guiliani’s criticism of Barack Obama’s national security policies on Wednesday, repeated his charge from October 2011 that Giuliani was responsible for the firefighter deaths from 9/11. O’Donnell said Guiliani was an
The following is a list of the 20-inning games played by each Major League Baseball team–and the results. Teams are organized by the franchise while in each city, so the Atlanta Braves’s 5-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on May
The imminent release of a new “autopsy” into the Republican Party’s poor showing in the 2012 election–this time focusing on young voters–repeats the theme that the GOP is having trouble attracting Hispanic voters. Though there is growing evidence that Hispanic
Responding to the $300 billion worth of ideas and research and development China allegedly steals from the U.S. annually via cyber attacks, Fox News commentator Charles Krauthammer said, “The line is crossed, we are in cyber war.” He added that
A decade ago, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee were presiding over the lowest interest rates since WWII. The terrorist attack on September of 2001 had spurred the central bank
“For those who still think 9/11 changed everything, a presidency spreading ambiguity about national purpose is unsettling.” – Daniel Henninger, “Obama’s Dangerous Confusion,” Wall Street Journal, May 30 – Charles Krauthammer, “Obama’s Dorothy Doctrine,” Washington Post, May 31 President Barack
Remember going to summer camp as a boy? The friends you made? The fun activities? Do you wish you had a video keepsake to help you remember those magical times forever? These Syrian young men will have such a keepsake–this
In the wake of the monstrous beheading of a young British man in broad daylight by Muslims who cited the Qur’an to explain and justify their ritual slaughter has come the predictable reaction – blame anything except Islam’s violent teachings
Hi, everybody. This week, I’ve been speaking about America’s national security – our past, our present, and our future. On Thursday, I outlined the future of our fight against terrorism – the threats we face, and the way in which
Billy Joel drew plenty of withering headlines after a series of car accidents roughly a decade ago. Now, the Piano Man is blaming the car crashes not on his issues with alcohol but the lingering effects of 9/11. “I was
Friday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) stated the Obama administration has been covering up the truth about what took place during the Benghazi attack in Libya on 9/11. He described both the White House and State Department as uncooperative as his
(AP) – Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror. Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans and other Westerners.
Cyrus Nowrasteh, the creative mind behind The Stoning of Soraya M. and The Path to 9/11, will be bringing the life of a famed Russian activist to the big screen. Nowrasteh will write and direct a film based on Soviet
Simon Pegg, now charged with bringing Star Trek’s Scotty to life, calls the terrorist villain in the new franchise sequel a “freedom fighter.” But the comic actor best known for Shaun of the Dead leaves the least kind words for
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law has hired a new lawyer to defend him in the trial he faces in the United States, and the appointment stirred some controversy in the court. Suleiman Abu Ghaith, who appeared in a video September 12,
According to testimony given Wednesday before the House Homeland Security Committee, last month’s Boston Marathon bombings exposed that federal and local law enforcement agencies still haven’t corrected failures in intelligence sharing, a topic emphasized after the 9/11 attacks. “We learned over a decade ago,
In a rare statement about the Obama administration, former Vice President Dick Cheney criticized the administration’s handling of the 9/11 terror attack on our consulate in Benghazi, stating it was a “failure of leadership.” He went on to say that
Spontaneous protest in response to a video or planned attack by Islamic militants? This has become shorthand for the argument over what took place in Benghazi on 9/11. Republicans organizing tomorrow’s hearings should avoid getting trapped in this dilemma and
With almost 100 Guantanamo prisoners now on a hunger strike to protest the alleged mistreatment of Korans, President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday plans to “re-engage” Congress to fulfill his failed campaign promise of shutting down the terrorist detention facility.
Senator Lindsey Graham called into Fox News on Tuesday to respond to President Obama’s assessment that Graham “couldn’t be more wrong” on intelligence failures. Graham claimed that the FBI and CIA’s failure to prevent the attack on Boston is “9/11
Writing at the New Yorker, John Cassidy wonders aloud if the reaction to the Boston bombing would have been much different if the Tsarnaev brothers had used rifles instead of bombs. He writes, “Imagine, for a moment, that the Tsarnaev
According to Muslim organizations, the backlash they expected against Muslims after the Boston marathon bombings simply hasn’t materialized. Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), stated there has been no increase in harassment of Muslims. Wajahat Ali,
An apparent piece of landing gear from one of the Boeing planes used in the 9/11 attacks was found behind the site of the proposed Ground Zero mosque. According to the New York Post, surveyors hired by the owner of
Congressman Tom Cotton (R-AR): “I rise today to express grave doubts about the Obama Administration’s counterterrorism policies and programs,” said the freshman congressman from Arkansas. “Counterterrorism is often shrouded in secrecy, as it should be, so let us judge by
As law enforcement and media continues to explore the reportedly religious motivations of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the respectively slain and captive suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, the fundamentalist faith of their mother provides extra insight into their religious
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has vowed to put the Obama administration and fellow legislators under pressure to take action to free Dr. Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who assisted the U.S. in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and who
In his April 21 column in the Wall Street Journal, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey said if we want a reason to relax a week after the Boston Marathon bombing we can take solace in the fact the two bombing
A clerical error thwarted the FBI from discovering that now-deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev had traveled to Russia last year for six months. It underscores broader problems that have persisted in federal counter-terrorism databases since 9/11. Sen. Lindsey Graham,
UN Human Rights Council “expert” Richard Falk has published a statement saying Bostonians got what they deserved in last week’s terror attack. He quotes W.H. Auden to make his point: “to whom evil is done/do evil in return.” Richard
CBS: Former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani and former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge discuss the connections between 9/11 and the bombings at the Boston Marathon and agree that America must remain vigilant despite ramped up security
Late Friday, the FBI finally admitted that it had interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed by police early Friday morning. The FBI reversed itself after the Tsarnaevs’ mother, Zubeidat, told Russia Today that her
Governor Andrew Cuomo “It’s a terrible situation in Boston. And, unfortunately … one gets the sense that this is more reflective of the ‘new normal,’ if you will,” he explained. “So much of society is changing so rapidly. We talk
On “Hannity” Wednesday night, Steve Emerson broke the shocking news that a Saudi national, Abdul al-Harbi, who was first questioned in the Boston bombing, is going to be deported on “national security grounds.” A devout Muslim from Medina, anti-Jihad activist
On Monday, the Boston Bruins went from worrying about coming back home after a couple of losses to fight off Ottawa, to worrying about the victims of the Boston Marathon explosion. On Wednesday, they will attempt to help lead Bostonians
Details of the horror wrought by the Boston Marathon bomber are becoming to become clearer two days after the first successful terror bombing on U.S. soil since the 9/11 attack in 2001. We now know the names of all three
MSNBC contributor Joy-Ann Reid is either grossly misinformed, ignorant or just willing to lie to NBC’s audience. In an effort to enhance her glowing praise of President Obama’s response to the Boston Marathon bombings, Reid contrasted it with her memory
Syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer said of yesterday’s bombing, “What strikes me is part of the reason for the psychological shock is that if you think about it, Bret, this is the first successful bombing — terror
Officials from Boston to Washington seemed overwhelmed by the task of managing the aftermath of the shocking terror attack at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday. Though the White House called the two bombings acts of “terror,” President
(AFP) – A bomb exploded on a bus in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding seven others, officials said. “At least nine passengers have been killed and seven injured. Bomb disposal officials
