It was destination: college or bust when the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, launched her national Reach Higher Initiative at the University of Texas in San Antonio on May 2. Mrs. Obama spoke to approximately 2,100 San
On Thursday at a United Nations Human Rights summit in Geneva, The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) took the stand to to defend its human rights record against accusations it was committing crimes against humanity. Western nations were
The economy created 288,000 jobs in April, up from 203,000 in March. That’s the second-best showing of the Obama recovery, but still less than what is needed each month to raise employment to pre-recession levels. Those results are consistent with
Australian Health Minister Peter Dutton declared in a speech on Thursday that his nation’s universal healthcare program is unsustainable at its current rates, and advocates are incensed at the possibility of the government slowly backing away from providing free health
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana–“The truth is, armed self-defense saves innocent lives, and denying that right gets good people killed,” declared Chris Cox–executive director of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), bringing thousands of NRA members to their feet for
Impact on Millennials: The Tragedy of My Generation POTUS 42 accurately diagnosed the inevitable eulogy of Obamacare: “This only works, for example, if young people show up… We’ve got to have them in the pools, because otherwise all these projected
The Bolivarian Socialist revolution has claimed the lives of 41 Venezuelans and forced thousands of others to suffer long lines in supermarkets for basic needs. While the political situation in the country remains dire, the economic situation continues to worsen:
Acclaimed Peruvian author and Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa is in Caracas, Venezuela, doing what he says his own government won’t do. “I feel the need to go and demonstrate,” he told Venezuelan newspaper El Universal early this month;
As the 2014 gubernatorial races heat up, Republican candidates across the country are beginning to launch Spanish language ads touting their business experience and courting the Latino community with stories that emphasize the hard work that brought them to their
The mother of the man alleging director Bryan Singer sexually abused him wept during Monday’s press conference announcing three more Hollywood figures would face similar lawsuits. Bonnie Mound anticipated some of the questions the reporters at the Four Seasons Hotel
Lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of minors in a Hollywood pedophilia ring were filed in Hawaii Monday against three prominent Hollywood executives: David Neuman, Gary Goddard, and Garth Ancier. The suits were announced at the Four Seasons Hotel by Jeff
Lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of minors in a Hollywood pedophilia ring were filed in Hawaii Monday against three prominent Hollywood executives, David Neuman, Gary Goddard, and Garth Ancier. The suits were announced at the Four Seasons Hotel by Jeff
Bill de Blasio is grasping at straws to prove that his administration has accomplished anything positive for the city. In an interview with the Washington Post‘s E.J. Dionne this weekend, de Blasio insisted that his administration had done great things during
On 18 May our organization, This World: The Values Network, will host our second annual International Champions of Jewish Values Awards Gala. This year’s honorees, hosts, and guests include Governor Chris Christie, Governor Rick Perry, Sean Penn, Senator Cory Booker,
Political observers rightly predicted that the tenure of progressive New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio would be marred by constant opposition from conservatives. What they did not predict is opposition from the political left. Now, liberal activists are blasting
There is an interesting dynamic built into the 21st Century education paradigm. At the back end, it’s all about college and career readiness and on the front end, it’s all about early childhood learning. Pre-kindergarten, which is also known as
The Surveillance State goes big in an article from Gizmodo, which describes early testing of a “God’s-eye” system that collates information from multiple sources on the ground, giving the authorities what inventor Ross McNutt describes as “a live version of
Following her brief closed door, no media allowed meeting with President Obama on April 10, Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) is back on the campaign trail proving the old adage that if she tells herself something enough times, at least
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio used the word “progressive” more than twenty times Thursday in a speech marking his one-hundredth day in office. His speech boasted that the “grassroots” were bolstering the successes of his administration, despite low
The state’s largest public employee unions have perfected the art of controlling state government–in fact, when you look at how they do it, it’s really more of a science. These unions have literally have purchased the governance of the state
Party line rhetoric continues to plague Senator Wendy Davis who, in lieu of substance, has again attempted to deliberately mislead Texas voters on education positions taken by Attorney General Greg Abbott, the GOP gubernatorial nominee. In early April, Davis fired
This week, we found out that being the CEO of a major tech company has certain job requirements: decades of experience in the field, a brilliant contribution to the internet programming world, a stellar record of interpersonal relationships with people
Alexandra Swann, dubbed the ‘future face’ of UKIP has hit back after a string of media outlets suggested she had walked out of UKIP over its stance on immigration. Miss Swann, who has spoken exclusively on the issue to Breitbart
At 12:30 p.m. every Sunday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in the coastal Orange County town of Costa Mesa, California, first-time Mass attendees may think they’ve stepped back in time. Some women in the pews are wearing lace
Now that Game of Thrones has been established as a global modern classic – season four starts this evening in Britain, having premiered in the US last night – maybe it’s about time we introduced it to the school curriculum.
California is a mess. Taxes are the highest in the nation. Our roads are awful. Our rush hour traffic resembles nothing so much as the traffic out of Atlanta on the poster for The Walking Dead. Our elected officials are
Republicans claim they are unable to roll back anti-free market policies with their limited control of the federal government. But one would expect them to block renewals of bad policies once they have expired. Last year, Congress allowed the wind
A religious sister from the highly respected Nashville Dominicans has come under attack from liberal Catholic parents and students who objected to her lecture on same-sex attraction and divorce at a Catholic high school in the Diocese of Charlotte, North
When discussing the thoughtcrime prosecution and ouster of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich last night, I quoted a passage from a First Things article which appeared to assert that Eich’s donation to the campaign for the Prop 8 gay marriage ban
Since 1994, when Harris first began polling a large sample (2,311 this year) of Americans with the simple question “Who is your favorite movie star?”, only one actor has made the top ten every year and only one actor has
A day after President Barack Obama triumphantly declared that 7.1 million Americans enrolled in Obamacare, one of the leading healthcare companies said that 15-20% of its “enrollees” are not covered because they have not paid their premiums. According a report
On April 1, Texans for Greg Abbott released “Spending, Not Solutions,” a web ad highlighting the runaway spending in Sen. Wendy Davis’ proposed education plan for Texas. Not that anything has changed since Breitbart Texas reported on Davis’ pricy pre-kindergarten
Card-carrying Red Sox fan Bill de Blasio was booed twice while throwing the first pitch during a Mets game today. The mayor, who has become increasingly unpopular thanks to far-left education and tax policies, took the booing in stride while
The situation for opponents of Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime continues to worsen after weeks of constant protesting. Argentine outlet Infobae reports that the government has been arresting one protester every 35 minutes. Infobae notes that little more than half of those arrested since the
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this weekend that the state legislature had passed a budget that delivered a double blow to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s agenda, providing funding that would eliminate the need for a tax
This weekend, I had a chance to observe the proceedings at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s spring leadership meeting from the press gallery. It was my fourth time attending the annual RJC event, though my first as part of the media.
Michelle Obama, after spending a week in a nation with less than 5 percent obesity, landed back in her homeland where more than a third of the inhabitants are obese. Let’s move, indeed. The First Lady left the press–and
Much of the hubbub surrounding Darren Aronofsky’s Noah has been, to this point, speculation. Because the movie will only be released in theaters today, Noah‘s defenders have been able to point to ignorance as the rationale for attacks on the
Cable and satellite TV distributors (Pay-TV) have secretly declared war on local TV stations who broadcast television programming for free over the air (Free-TV). Pay-TV has chosen a free market flag as its standard and marched into battles over the
While Indiana may be the first state to legislatively dump the Common Core standards, the jury is still out on whether the state will simply “rebrand” the nationalized standards, relabeling them with a different name, or make a decided effort
