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For college football fans, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA is sacred ground. “The Granddady” of the college football tournament games, it has been played every year since 1902. The accompanying parade, the Rose Parade, predates the game, dating way

Sounding more like Michael Moore or Barack Obama, GOP candidate Ron Paul accuses the Bush Administration of being happy that America was attacked on 9/11 because it gave them an excuse to invade Iraq.

This week, STRATFOR reported that secret talks between US officials and the Taliban, which have purportedly been underway for sometime, have now reached a critical juncture. According to the story, tentative agreements about the disposition of EPW Taliban at the

Today’s show concludes with Clare Lopez, Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy and former CIA intelligence officer. Clare explains some recent court cases and documents that point to the connection between the Iranian government and Al-Qaeda. First, a

Christopher Hitchens died yesterday. In 2007, Christopher Hitchens headlined Reason’s “Very Secular Christmas Party” in Washington, D.C. by providing a dramatic reading of Tom Lehrer’s “Christmas Song.” Click above to watch. Reason.tv’s Nick Gillespie has written an obituary: I’m saddened

Guardian: 30 Rock star Alex Baldwin has been blasted by a 9/11 widow after he claimed airlines use the tragedy as an excuse to hassle passengers. He made the claim during a defence of his actions after he was kicked

Unlike their post 9-11 successors, Hollywood generally dealt with the aftermath of World War II with a more united front, more humor and less political correctness. Since 9-11, Hollywood filmmakers have had, within free-market parameters, the choice to make any

Progressives, the vultures of tragedy, aren’t above exploiting it for a political purpose. (See the funeral of Paul Wellstone, Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, the Tucson shooting.) Cartoonist Pat Oliphant is no exception: his latest attention-seeking panel compares Republicans to child rapists.

Just two days after his inauguration, Barack Obama signed an executive order directing that Guantanamo Bay be closed within a year. In an effort to bring this campaign promise into reality and to bring terrorists into the civilian court system,

President Barack Obama is working hard to shore up his liberal political base, but military voters may be less likely to lend support for his re-election. According to the 2011 Military Times Poll of active-duty subscribers, confidence in the overall

The folks at TLC weren’t looking for the usual reality show fireworks when they commissioned “All-American Muslim.” A genre that too often feeds on divisiveness takes a gentler approach on the new show, debuting at 10 p.m. EST tonight (Nov.

Graphic images of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s dead, broken body captured on video after rebels overran his headquarters belie an earlier period in history when the Libyan ruler was very much on the offensive against American interests. While public opinion remains

He’s a Time.com contributor. He is unconvinced that a plane hit the Pentagon on 9/11. And he labels Herman Cain as “minstrelsy”. So, of course he is a valued analyst for NBC News.

We can all breathe a sigh of relief; our troops are coming home from Iraq. Of course, no one ever wants a single one of our men and women in uniform to be in harms way. It is interesting to

Times‘ “Ideas writer” and MSNBC contributor Touré (real name Toure Neblett) has recently written about the Republican presidential candidates. Unsurprisingly, arguments are not Touré’s weapon, race is. He also has another little secret: Touré recently wrote a piece for Time

The new Showtime series ‘Homeland’ is a CIA thriller based on the Israeli television series ‘Hatufim’ (Prisoners of War). The Israeli version follows two IDF reservists after they are released from 17 years of captivity in Syria and how their

‘King of Queens’ co-creator Michael J. Weithorn didn’t set out to make a period film with his debut feature ‘A Little Help.’ Weithorn began writing the comic drama, starring Jenna Fischer of ‘The Office’ as a housewife dealing with the

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has issued a report co-authored by retired Army Lt.-General David Barno which comes to a startling conclusion: we can cut $550 billion from the Pentagon budget over the next ten years and

From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – Three months ago, one of the CIA’s most experienced clandestine operatives started work inside the New York Police Department. His title is special assistant to the deputy commissioner of intelligence. On that much, everyone

Tonight on Secure Freedom Radio: Why would Iranian Special Forces such as the Quds force carry out a strike against a Saudi Ambassador in the United States, especially when the current Obama administration is the most amicable administration towards Iran

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets101411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, growing criticism of Herman

In autumn 1979 the revolutionary government of Iran waged war against the United States by invading and occupying its embassy in Tehran and holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. That act of war was recognized for what it was

Sometimes you have to shake your head over what passes for mainstream entertainment reporting. The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly features an in-depth piece on Arab-Americans in Hollywood. ‘Don’t Tell Anyone Your Real Name, or You’ll Never Work Again’ recalls

Down with banks, student-loan debt, and expensive elections! Up with barter…capitalism…and…Mitt Romney?!?! On October 4, 2011, Reason.tv visited the Occupy Wall Street protests at Liberty Square in Lower Manhattan, on Day 18 of the ongoing demonstration. The crowd was relatively

In the months between George W. Bush’s first Inauguration in January of 2001 and the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Republicans in both Houses of Congress were busily patting themselves on the back for retaining control of Capitol Hill and gaining

Last night I watched ABC’s new show “Pan Am” starring Christina Ricci, Margot Robbie and Kelli Garner. I don’t watch new programs too often. It’s like meeting new people and deciding whether to take them into your life. My only

From Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid: A “Take Back the American Dream” three-day conference in Washington begins on Monday that features Van Jones, the disgraced former Obama Administration “Green Jobs Czar,” a Russian TV star, and a veteran of the

Today, Media Matters for America has taken it upon itself to ask the question: “Who Is J. Christian Adams?” . They say: New Black Panthers Party fabulist J. Christian Adams is a long-time right-wing activist who began working for the

In October 1957, author & philosopher Ayn Rand published her last and most ambitious novel. Atlas Shrugged was destined be one of the most popular, influential and controversial books of the twentieth century. Set in what Rand called ‘the day

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * American al-Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki killed by drone strike * Demonstrations in Syria grow increasingly violent * U.S. Congress blocks $200 million in aid to Palestinians * China deeply suspicious about America’s strategic

One week after the 10th anniversary of the September 11th World Trade Center attacks, carried out by Islamist terrorists, the American Islamic College and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation convened students, academics, and “intellectuals” in Chicago, Illinois, for its 2nd

USA Today: The team behind 24 has a new take on terrorism in Homeland, premiering Sunday on Showtime (10 ET/PT). The show revolves around two damaged protagonists: Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), a Marine sniper missing in Iraq since 2003 and

—– IMBD description: A nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player and pacifist, searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks. But of

Coming Soon tells us “Gods and Kings” is a “whole new take” on the story of Moses in relation to “The Ten Commandments.” Deadline adds: Gods and Kings covers the life of Moses from birth to death. In between, there

No, this is not a parody. So who do you root for in this debate? From the UK’s Guardian: Al Qaeda to Ahmadinejad: enough already, give us some credit! Al-Qaida has sent a message to the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,

Watching all the network specials and tributes to 9/11 proved something very powerful to me: I’ll never be “over it.” I thought I was. I thought I could look back on the event more objectively and easily critique the errors