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Politics
EPA rules will help Obama keep promise of ‘necessarily skyrocketing’ electricity prices
U.S. electricity rates are set to rise more than 10% by 2020 because of onerous federal environmental regulations on coal-fired…
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National Security
Bergdahl redux: Obama contemplates freeing another Guantanamo detainee
When it rains, it pours. The controversy over the release of five hardened Taliban prisoners to secure the return of…
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Economy
41 Senators push for repeal of Obama’s cap-and-trade rule
Senate Republicans have written the White House, urging President Obama to repeal his recently announced power plant rule that cajoles states into…
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Education
University presidents don’t want students with guns on campus … or anywhere else
University presidents overwhelmingly oppose letting students carry concealed guns on their campuses — and don’t really want people carrying them…
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Education
Video: A Common Core-style ‘trick’ for multiplying numbers
This may or may not be Common Core-aligned, though the technique fits right in with some of the CC methods…
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Education
Arizona ditches Common Core Testing consortium
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced Friday that her state is pulling out of a multi-state consortium that is designing a…
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Science and Technology
Scientists: Polar bear numbers were made up to ‘satisfy public demand’
Polar opposite climo data.
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Economy
Obama’s new climate regs in one easy infographic
A picture, it is said, is worth a thousand words. The picture below, an infographic actually, comes courtesy of the…
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Economy
Obama administration will unilaterally push cap and trade on carbon emissions
It’s ba-a-ack. Despite being roundly rejected during the first year of Barack Obama’s first term as president, cap-and-trade will get its U.S.…
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Politics
Tweet of the Day: Al Gore’s climate change group urges people to fly to Australia to hear him speak
Remember Al Gore? A picture of him accompanies this post in case you’re forgotten the name. If that doesn’t help,…
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Law and Government
Colorado city pays $25K to man arrested for bringing gun to movies
A man who was arrested for carrying a holstered handgun into a movie theater a week after the Aurora shootings…
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Media
WaPo talking head: VA scandal ‘huge setback’ for Obama’s push to turn vets into Dems
Washington Post columnist Chuck Lane noted Sunday that the Veterans Administration scandal represents “a huge setback” for the Obama administration’s effort…
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Law and Government
Happy Memorial Day: VA slashes D-Day veteran’s benefits from $300 to $6 a month
What was that President Obama was saying about honoring a “sacred trust” with our veterans? One of them, 89-year-old World…
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Law and Government
16-year-old brutally murders cabbie for not taking route he requested
“That’s what I do to people that don’t listen.” So said a Scranton teenager by way of explanation for why…
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Law and Government
Does the EPA’s CO2 endangerment finding violate federal law?
In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency determined that greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, were harmful to public health and has…
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Law and Government
Scientist on PBS: We should lock up politicians who question climate change
Canadian geneticist David Suzuki urged Western governments to lock up politicians who question man-made climate change. Suzuki appeared on “Moyers…
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Quick Takes
Video: How mad is Obama?
Yesterday, the president said through his spokespeople that he’s “madder than hell” over the abuses in the Veterans Administration that…
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Economy
MD governor defends offshore wind farm near naval base despite radar worries
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley courted controversy when he vetoed a bill that would have prevented a wind farm from being…
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Economy
Video: Howard Portnoy on ‘Smart Life with Dr. Gina’
For those who missed the prompt, last week Liberty Unyielding’s editor in chief, Howard Portnoy, was a guest on “Smart…
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Politics
RNC Chair Reince Priebus ‘doubts very much’ Hillary will even run
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus bucked conventional wisdom by claiming he “actually doubts very much” that Hillary Clinton will…
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Education
HS student captured on video shoving elderly teacher to ground
For all the stories of teacher ineptitude reported in this space, none of it justifies the behavior of the 16-year-old…
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Law and Government
Obama administration opens door to insurance company bailout
The Obama administration issued a new rule Friday opening up the possibility of spending even more money on a bailout…
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National Security
WIN an autographed copy of Oliver North’s latest book
As J.E. Dyer noted in a post paying tribute to America’s brave men and women in uniform, yesterday was Armed…
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Law and Government
Oprah sued by Colorado neighbors over access to hiking trail
Media tycoon Oprah Winfrey is in a legal tangle with her new neighbors in Telluride, Colo., who are suing her…
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Law and Government
Did Dem congressman feast on his own ear wax on TV?
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Step right up! See the woman with two heads, witness a man who is…
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Economy
Bonus and raise for CO’s Obamacare CEO ignite demands for audit
Colorado conservatives are apoplectic that the state’s flailing Obamacare exchange rewarded its director with a hefty bonus and raise. Several are calling for…
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