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Oct 02 2020
News
Nagorno-Karabakh
“Armenia and Azerbaijan accused one another on Tuesday of firing directly into each other’s territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks as their conflict over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh threatened to mushroom into all-out war… Further stoking tensions between the two former Soviet republics, Armenia said a Turkish F-16 fighter jet had shot down one of its warplanes over Armenian
The Flip SideApr 30 2024
Headline Roundup
What's Behind Campus Protesters' Calls For 'Divestment' From Israel?
Student protesters on campuses across the country are calling for their schools to divest from Israel. What does this mean, and what impact would it have on the Israel-Palestine conflict?
What is Divestment? An article in the Washington Post (Lean Left bias) described the divest movement. Student protesters are calling for schools to alter their endowments, the “vast financial holdings
Washington Post Wall Street Journal (News) The Daily WireJan 10 2013
News
Mike Huckabee Slams Obama Cabinet's Lack Of Diversity
Mike Huckabee criticized President Obama on Wednesday for the lack of diversity in his cabinet, accusing the president of waging his own "war on women" by not appointing more women to top administration posts.
"Now a lot of those females who supported Barack Obama are scratching their heads, and they’re saying, ‘Whoa! How come there is so much testosterone in the Obama Cabinet and so
HuffPostAug 09 2019
Opinion
Immigration Restriction Is Not Hate
It can’t be that the only respectable position on immigration, safe for the general public, is whatever the Democrats’ center of gravity on the issue is at any given time. President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has always been considered exclusionary and prejudiced by progressives; now they consider it tainted by mass murder.
The El Paso massacre, carried out by a white nationalist
Rich LowryApr 24 2020
Opinion
The unemployment crisis should not be a state issue
Doing unemployment well is oxymoronic. Joblessness, as Pope Francis put it some years ago in an address to workers in Sardinia, "wears you out to the depths of your soul." There are no good circumstances under which millions of Americans might find themselves deprived not only of their wages but even of their ability to pursue employment.
This does not excuse the horrifying reality of
The Week - OpinionNov 19 2019
News
Documents reveal massive 'dark-money' group boosted Democrats in 2018
A little-known nonprofit called The Sixteen Thirty Fund pumped $140 million into Democratic and left-leaning causes.
The “green wave” of campaign cash that boosted Democrats and liberal causes in 2018 included an unprecedented gusher of secret money, new documents obtained by POLITICO show.
The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a little-known nonprofit headquartered in Washington, spent $141
PoliticoDec 22 2014
Opinion
The NY Police Union’s Vile War with Mayor De Blasio
To criticize the mayor for telling his black son what every other father of a black youth must say is divisive and fails to see what’s wrong in America. I covered New York politics for 15 years, and I saw some awfully tense moments between the police and Democratic politicians. But there has never been anything remotely like the war the cops are waging right now against Mayor Bill de Blasio
Daily BeastDec 09 2016
Headline Roundup
Andrew Puzder Chosen for Labor
Andy Puzder, the chief executive of the company that owns the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's chains, is one of the nation’s most effective spokesmen for the rights and privileges of fast-food franchisers. But as a spokesman for the rights of workers, especially the low-wage workers employed in his chains, he doesn’t rank.
New York Times (News) USA TODAY Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Dec 09 2014
News
Supreme Court Stops Amazon Workers Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers weren’t entitled to pay for the time they spent being screened for theft at the end of their work shifts.
The court, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas , said the workers couldn’t proceed with a lawsuit seeking wages for the security checks because the time they spent waiting to be screened wasn't
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 04 2014
News
Shutdown drama builds in Congress
House Speaker John Boehner is again facing strong opposition from a group of conservatives who are trying to derail his strategy as time runs out to avert a shutdown. They are ripping his plan to kick the fight about the President's executive order on immigration until next year, arguing that voters who supported Republicans in last month's midterm elections expect Congress to wage the battle
CNN (Online News)