TUCSON, Arizona — On October 7, the Wall Street Journal published a story that stated the vast majority of migrants who recently entered the US illegally are showing up for their scheduled deportation hearings. Specifically, it said between July 18
A dramatic new political advertisement underscoring the plight of unemployed Millennial voters is taking aim at vulnerable Democratic senators who aligned themselves with President Barack Obama’s economic policies. The ad, sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, takes a striking new approach
Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety endorsed several candidates for federal office to make Congress more gun-control-friendly in the November 2014 elections, most of whom are incumbents. Of the 78 the group endorsed, 68 are incumbents, who offer no change whatsoever. According
For the first two years after Meg Whitman became the crisis CEO at Hewlett-Packard (HP) in late 2011, she had tofight off investor pressure constantly to break-up the company by spinning off its consumer-driven personal computer and printer businesses to
“Like a lot of things in life,” said Al Capone (Robert DeNiro) in David Mamet’s script for The Untouchables, “we laugh because it’s funny, and we laugh because it’s true.” That explains the little waves of titters and giggles, and
GOP establishment strategist and talking head Karl Rove conspicuously omitted illegal immigration in his advice to GOP Senate candidates on how to close the sale to voters in this year’s midterm elections. In a column in the Wall Street Journal,
PIMCO has acknowledged that $23.5 billion of investors’ cash was withdrawn last month. It is my estimate that at least $19 billion or more of the liquidations followed legendary Pacific Asset Management (PIMCO) bond manager Bill Gross out the door after he left
Despite a noticeably cool reception at the White House, everywhere else India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on his five day visit to the United States he was treated more like a pop star than the self-effacing 63-year old devout
The College Board, under President David Coleman, the “architect” of the Common Core standards, said in a statement last week that it “supports the actions taken by students in Jefferson County, Colo., to protest a school board member’s request to
Russian state media has developed a reputation for absurd interpretations of international news events that may shed unfavorable light on the control the Russian government has on expression and politics in the nation. The burgeoning protests in Hong Kong are
The federal government will be providing the funding for legal assistance benefiting some of the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors recently apprehended illegally entering the United Sates. The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that over the
Starting October 1st, Hong Kong celebrates two days of government holidays which will no doubt be the peak of the recent ‘Umbrella Revolution’. What started as a protest last Wednesday by university students in Hong Kong has now filled the
The Obama administration’s efforts to combat Ebola in west Africa by sending 3,000 military personnel to Liberia and Sierra Leone have begun, and while residents appear grateful and optimistic about the efforts, both infection and death tolls appear to be
For years, geologists, oil men, and environmentalists have warned that the amount of oil humanity can pull out of the ground can only decrease from what we are getting now–a concept called “peak oil.” But despite warnings that “peak oil”
On September 26, PIMCO’s Bill Gross resigned from the firm he built into a $2 trillion world class manager, in order to avoid what the Wall Street Journal described as his impending termination for the abusive treatment of employees. The
California ranks third in the U.S., behind Hawaii and New Jersey, with 1.1% of statewide electrical power production being generated by customer-sited solar panels. The driving force behind this growth has been the 30% federal investment tax credit, plus incentives
In what is being billed as yet another example of his hardline stance toward clerical sex abuse, Pope Francis has removed Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano from his post as Bishop of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay. This latest move
The BlackBerry Passport smartphone was introduced on September 24th with a full physical keyboard, uniquely square large-screen design that increases the “readability” of web pages and e-mail. The rising attraction for corporate users is that the device’s software and hardware
As high-tech billionaires push for more guest-worker visas, the income gap between the elite and the rest of Silicon Valley is widening. According to The Wall Street Journal, an “analysis of U.S. census data” by the “non-profit think tank Joint
On September 12th, the Center for Responsible Lending, a left-wing group advocating for greater regulation of the banking industry hosted a national “messaging” conference on “bank reform,” with a special emphasis on curtailing “payday lending”. A centerpiece of the conference
Democratic strategist Joe Trippi said on Sunday that it would be a “miracle” if Democrats manage to fend off a Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate come Nov. 4. “I would gauge that Republicans are likely to pick up between
United States Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has long been adamantly in favor of arming the so-called “moderate” rebels in Syria, going as far as equating “Allahu Akbar,” which is an Islamic war cry, with “Thank God” and relying upon discredited
The annual report by the Census Bureau on poverty was released this past week, and this year marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. It should come as no surprise that the War on Poverty has not
After declaring war on the Tea Party and often showing nothing but contempt for grassroots conservatives that powered Republicans to record gains in the 2010 midterm elections, Karl Rove whined that the GOP may not take back the Senate this
In an attempt to encourage illegal immigrants and other New Yorkers who do not have identification to sign up for the city’s new municipal ID, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this week that those who participate will be eligible for
This week, news of the battle for the Senate has been dominated by Democrats’ improving chances of holding onto the majority. The Washington Post forecasting model actually finds Democrats slightly favored, with 51% odds they will keep the Senate. Most
The church reforms promised by Pope Francis continue their inexorable march forward, and now the Vatican will begin revamping its public relations operations. In a briefing on September 17, Father Federico Lombardi, head of the Vatican Press office announced that
On Tuesday, Los Angeles Unified school police officials decided they would reject the military weaponry that they acquired through the federal government’s 1033 Program, which Congress passed in the early 1990s so that law-enforcement agencies could procure excess Defense Department
Take up the White Man’s burden–The savage wars of peace–Fill full the mouth of FamineAnd bid the sickness cease;And when your goal is nearestThe end for others sought,Watch sloth and heathen FollyBring all your hopes to nought. – Rudyard Kipling,
Billionaire Warren Buffett is scheduled to speak on a conference call to a California fundraiser on Wednesday for Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes. Grimes, who currently serves as Secretary of State for Kentucky, has fallen behind the incumbent Senator
One need only Google Rove and ObamaCare to see how loudly and consistently Republican strategist Karl Rove has been pushing it as the issue to run on in the mid-term elections. Rove even took to the pages of the Wall
Despite the right-wing party’s history of tenuous ties to the nation’s Jewish community, a new survey finds surging popularity for the National Front among France’s Jews, likely triggered, in part, by a wave of anti-Semitism that is driving hundreds of
Ulster unionist and Protestant minister Ian Paisley died Friday in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A polarizing political figure, Paisley’s death affords partisans of all “colors” the opportunity to absorb and define his legacy. With sectarian violence again engulfing the Middle East and
From NBC News: Nearly 70 percent of Americans say they lack confidence that the U.S. will achieve its goals in fighting the terrorist group ISIS, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg poll. The findings come in the wake
While in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday, former Reagan Secretary of Education Bill Bennett put out what was described as the “Conservative Case for Common Core,” he admitted he is paid by a lobbying firm for his continued
On September 12, 2014–twenty years after the federal “assault weapons” ban (AWB) expired–the Center for American Progress (CAP) says its push for a renewed AWB is over. This news came via the release of a CAP study, in which
Hundreds of thousands of Catalans thronging the streets of Barcelona yesterday cheered as fellow Catalan separatists formed a giant ‘V’ for ‘vote’, a choir sang, and a girl strode forward to place a piece of paper in a symbolic ballot
There has been a 20-point swing against providing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants since last year. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that 64% favored a pathway to citizenship last spring while 35% opposed. In September, 53% support
China is deploying 700 soldiers to South Sudan to protect the only oil fields “still under control of the central government in Juba.” The soldiers will also protect “Chinese workers and installations.” The soldiers join a United Nations peacekeeping force
Republicans have been saying for at least two years that they are not opposed to the most common forms of birth control. Somehow that message still comes as a shock to many progressives. One of the Democratic memes propagated in