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Education
Common Core assignment: Dictator for a day
Sit enough monkeys down at typewriters, and eventually they will bang out the complete works of Shakespeare. Or sit enough…
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Religion
United Church of Christ joins protest against Washington Redskins team name
“The church where God is still speaking.” That’s the slogan of the United Church of Christ, and if we are to…
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Foreign Affairs
Picture of the Day: What was that you were saying about Romney and Palin?
Consider this a visual companion to J.E. Dyer’s piece on Sarah Palin’s warning back in 2008 that Russia could invade…
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‘Dear Armpit of America’
Poor New Jersey! The Garbage State … er — Garden State has been the butt of countless jokes. Now one of…
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Kathleen Sebelius denies ever claiming March 31 Obamacare goal of 7 mil enrollees
Will the real Kathleen Sebelius please stand up? Maybe make that “sit down and shut up.” Typical of this administration,…
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Foreign Affairs
Picture of the Day: ‘Heil, Merkel’
Granted, Angela Merkel is chancellor of the country that was once controlled by Adolf Hitler, but give let’s peace a…
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Education
Video: School principal drags uncooperative kindergartners along floor
A video that was made public this week shows surveillance footage of an elementary school principal dragging two young children…
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Law and Government
Obama mentor may challenge Rahm for Chicago mayoralty
It’s beginning to seem as though there’s no end to Obama mentors. Although the name of Cook County Board President…
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Politics
Fed jokes about killing climate change deniers
And here you thought Barack Obama was the only member of his administration with a rapist’s rapier wit! Yeah, think…
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Economy
Picture of the Day: Where can you find gas this cheap?
A buck eight-four for unleaded? Even the “good” stuff is just above $2? Is this a joke? Well, yes. Here’s…
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Picture of the Day: Who’s your daddy?
The image, which is obviously photoshopped, is too hilarious not to share. It comes to us by way of Powerline…
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A happiness map of the U.S.
What color is your parachute state? If you live in the Dakotas, your answer is most likely green, which means…
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Who says Common Core math doesn’t work?
You know the Common Core Curriculum is in trouble when it begins taking flak from the left. One of the…
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Watch Usain Bolt during U.S. National Anthem
The following video is going viral at the Black Sphere. It is a clipof Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt being interviewed after an event. It…
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Disapproving RSVP to party invitation from child with two dads goes viral [UPDATE]
**UPDATE**: This story turns out to have been a hoax perpetrated by the hosts of the radio station’s morning show.…
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Picture of the Day: What does Joe Biden think women need for Valentine’s Day?
The topic is so unpalatable that we gave serious thought to deep-sixing this Valentine’s Day head scratcher, but we figured LU…
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Law and Government
Infographic: Changes to Obamacare at a glance
So far, the president has made 28 changes to the Affordable Care Act via executive fiat. Here is handy infographic…
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Quick Takes
Selfies with unsuspecting homeless people: Sign of a culture in decline
Has America lost its way? The latest trend suggests that maybe it has — that the nation as a whole needs…
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President gets name wrong in speech: WH buries blunder
Obama’s ‘Bushisms’ continue to multiply. His latest slip is a relatively minor one. In a speech on Tuesday that contained…
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Foreign Affairs
Victor Davis Hanson on America’s ‘path to Armageddon’
Historian Victor Davis Hanson recently gave one of the finest and most memorable presentations on the subject of immigration. America…
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Education
A Common Core math problem that is positively facepalm-inducing
A sample math problem posted by a frustrated mother at MomDot.com will have you wondering if developers of Common Core materials can…
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Quick Takes
New WH video: Obama promises more executive action
The great and powerful Oz Obama has spoken. “Unbowed by Republican criticism, the White House on Saturday began a new push…
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Picture of the Day: When it comes to the issue of voter IDs, the NAACP’s slip is showing
The following is reprinted as a courtesy to the NAACP, which notes at its website: In collaboration with Brave New…
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Sochi highlight: Russian police choir sings ‘Get Lucky’
I take as a matter of faith Josh Feldman’s characterization of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”as “the most infectious hit song…
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Picture of the Day: Opening ceremony at Sochi … oops!
And you thought toilets that don’t flush and tap water that causes burns were a bad omen! The picture…
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Obama: ‘Killing of the innocent never God’s will’
Well, finally, Barack Obama appears to have seen the light! Here he is at today’s National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.…
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‘Hard-working American’ in OFA ad is actually a Brit
At least they chose footage from a country where English — and not Austrian — is spoken. In a 30-second…
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Video: Clay Aiken running for Congress
Clay Aiken, a finalist on “American Idol,” threw his hat in the ring today. He is hoping to unseat second-term Rep. Renee…
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Latest campaign to sell enrollment uses ‘mom jeans’
Never mind the shameless, incessant peddling of a law nobody wants. Never mind either the constant, albeit deliberate, blurring of…
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Video: RNC seeks tech talent for digital startup
It is a fight, to borrow a favorite phrase of Barack Obama, that the RNC is willing to have. The…
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Leno: Broncos so ineffectual, team invited to join Obama WH
How times have changed! Once upon a time, comedians didn’t dare crack wise about Barack Obama. This was only not…
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Video: This year’s (yet-to-air) SB commercials
According to Forbes, studies show that 50% of Americans who tune in to the Super Bowl do so only for…
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Jon Stewart laughs in Nancy Pelosi’s face during segment on Obamacare woes
There are numerous indices that can be used to quantify how disastrous Barack Obama and his signature health care law…
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Must-see video: Chicago ‘blactivists’ tell Obama ‘Just quit’
Make no mistake. Despite a drop-off in polling numbers among Barack Obama’s most ardent support group, blacks, he still enjoys…
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Breakfast of Champions
Who says MSNBC, despite its flagging ratings, isn’t good for advertising? Just ask General Mills, makers of Cheerios. The company…
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MSNBC Cheerio cheer heard round the world
There are no do-overs for those guilty of stereotypes. You make the statement, you own the statement. Much as MSNBC…
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