May 29, 2015

Economic mobility and government activism

(Paul Mirengoff) Michael Gerson wrote today about "the rhetoric of mobility" — in other words, the way liberals and conservatives talk about the issue of economic mobility. He finds the rhetoric of both sides, as the well views behind it, wanting. Gerson's piece is thoughtful, as usual. But it should be of concern to conservatives who worry that "reform conservatism," a movement with which Gerson is associated, may to some extent represent

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Pataki 2016: A Tree Falls In The Forest

It's not just his lack of name recognition that makes him a long-shot candidate

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Why the Instagrammers whose photos Richard Prince sold for $90,000 should stop complaining

Richard Prince is an artist with a long history of "reappropriation." In 1989, he re-photographed an existing photo of a cowboy from a cigarette ad and sold it for $1 million. He did the same with a highly sexualized photo of Brooke Shields taken when she was 10 years old. And now he's attracted the ire of the Internet's outrage machine after blowing up a number of other […]






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Pelosi: 'The Clintons Will Have To Answer For The Foundation'

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that Bill and Hillary Clinton will need to answer for the growing and multiple controversy surrounding donations taken in by the Clinton Foundation, as detailed in the book "Clinton Cash." Pelosi made the remarks during her appearance on MSNBC's "Live with Thomas Roberts" after Roberts asked her ...More

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Gawker Reporters Engage In Epic Battle Over Unionization

'Shut up Freddie'

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Watch Live: 'Free Speech' Protest Underway at Phoenix Mosque

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Human Remains Found Frozen in a Glacier Atop Mexico's Tallest Mountain Could Belong to Explorers Missing for 60 Years

"They are practically planted in concrete."

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Everything You Need to Know About the Hastert Indictment

What did he allegedly do and who did he allegedly do it to?

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Hawaii officials welcome advanced immigration screening

HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii officials are welcoming news that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security aims to set up immigration and customs stations to screen Japanese passengers before they arrive in the U.S.

The department said Friday it will begin negotiations to expand preclearance operations to 10 new foreign airports, ...

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One GOP 2016 Candidate Has Really Drawn Krauthammer's Ire: His 'Ignorance Really Astonishes Me'

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Judicial conduct panel wants Flagstaff judge disciplined

PHOENIX (AP) - A panel of Arizona judicial conduct officials on Friday recommended that a Flagstaff judge be censured or removed from office for using government resources in his 2014 re-election bid, campaigning on government property and confronting a court employee who apparently supported his opponent.

The ethics charges announced ...

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The Economy Disappoints Again. What Could Be the Problem?

(John Hinderaker) As you probably have already seen, the Commerce Department announced today that GDP contracted by an annual rate of 0.7% in the first quarter of 2015, a downward revision from the previously estimated 0.2% growth. This continues a pattern that many observers find puzzling and disappointing. This graphic shows quarterly GDP growth from the first quarter of 2009 to the present; the last bar would need to be changed to

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Texas Lawmakers Approve Licensed Open Carry of Handguns, Governor Says He Will Sign Bill Into Law

"Open Carry just passed in both the Texas House & Senate. Next destination: My Pen."

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Bill allowing open carry of handguns clears Legislature

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas lawmakers have approved licensed open carry of handguns on the streets of the nation's second-most populous state.

The bill cleared the Legislature late Friday. It now heads to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it.

The bill would reverse a ban dating ...

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'Religious Hypocrisy': Media-Watchdog Slams New York Times for Publishing This 'Offensive' Image

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Sanders the Socialist Crooner

(Steven Hayward) I decided to take a pass on the story that Bernie Sanders misfired with some kind of rape fantasy essay way back in his college years (though since it was fair game to jump on Mitt Romney for giving some kid an atomic wedgie 50 years ago in prep school was fair game, then Sanders deserves the full proctology treatment), but his attempt at a folk song ambum is truly

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Heilemann: If A GOPer Had Written Bernie Sanders' Rape Tale, It Would Be A 'Huge Scandal' [VIDEO]

'We need to hold Bernie Sanders to the same standard'

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Obama: 'Heaven Forbid' a Terrorist Attack Happens After Senate Inaction on Patriot Act

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Everything You Need to Know About the Hastert Indictment

What did he allegedly do and who did he allegedly do it to?

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Obama: 'Handful of senators' standing in way of Patriot Act

WASHINGTON (AP) - Blaming a "handful of senators" for stalled national security legislation, President Barack Obama said Friday he has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senators that he expects them to take action swiftly to extend key Patriot Act provisions.

Without action by midnight Sunday, a number ...

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Capitol Hill Police: Suspicious Package In Front Of Library Of Congress

'All staff and other personnel are directed to avoid this area until further notice.'

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The dawn of the Age of the Silicon Valley Tuxedo – A company is Kickstarting "classy" sweatpants

Over the past week, I've probably changed my opinion a dozen times over how I feel about a new Kickstarter campaign from a Chicago-based "fashion" startup called Public Rec. At first, my reaction to their All Day Every Day pants was a mix of horror, laughter, and a you've-got-to-be-kidding-me awe. You see, the company is trying to dress up sweatpants. But as I thought about […]






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Scientists Have Figured Out How to Recover Forgotten Memories Still Lurking in the Brain

"A cool way to do it."

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Ritzy NYC Hotel Apologizes When Caught Refusing Service To Naval Officer In Uniform

'Wait, are you rejecting us because someone is in a service uniform?'

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Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Saudi Arabia Mosque Suicide Bombing

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The unmaking of a mayor

(Scott Johnson) City life has not improved since the indictment of six Baltimore police officers. Some residents have gone on a murder spree targeting other residents. Innocent bystanders have the reasonable fear of getting caught in the crossfire. Drudge has compiled stories

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MSNBC Panel: Obama Has Always 'Rhetorically Overreached' on Foreign Policy

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Putin Signs Order Making Secret Deaths Of Russian Soldiers Engaged In Special Ops

'We see this as a misplaced effort to cover up what everyone knows'

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Thoughts from the ammo line

(Scott Johnson) Ammo Grrrll stands and delivers Psychotic Ninnies, Circa 1975. She writes: Last Friday I referred to the Psychotic Ninny Wing of the feminist movement. In the beginning they were a relatively small part of the legitimate push for equality and expanded opportunities for women. But they always existed. In a meeting I attended in 1970, a certifiably-insane woman waxed rhapsodic about how "when we hang all the men they will

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Sachs: Clintons 'In Utter Pursuit of Money All The Time'

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'God's Not Dead' Filmmaker Who Made a 'Positive Impact in Our Culture for Christ' Dies: 'His Legacy Will Continue to Influence the World'

"I've been through a lot of storms in my life, and God has turned them around…"

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Creationist Says Finding Rare Fossils Dated at 60 Million Years Old 'Hasn't Changed My Mind'

"Just a matter of how you interpret it."

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Look at What This High-Tech, Robotic Cheetah Can Do Now

New trick.

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Why Carly Fiorina Keeps Talking About Porn-Watching Federal Employees

But do they really exist?

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THE LATEST: Protesters demand FIFA help workers in Qatar

ZURICH (AP) - The latest on FIFA developments:

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11:50 a.m. (0950 GMT; 5:50 a.m. EDT)

A small group of protesters are demonstrating in Zurich outside the FIFA Congress hall, chastising FIFA for not doing more to prevent the abuse of migrant workers as Qatar builds the infrastructure needed to ...

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U.S. Surveillance Programs Could Expire, Despite Terror Threat

The looming expiration of U.S. surveillance authorities could pose a grave threat to national security just as the threat of terrorist attacks is on the rise, lawmakers and U.S. officials say.

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Police: Man fatally shot after pointing gun at deputies

LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a man was fatally shot by Lancaster County sheriff's deputies after they say he pointed a gun at officers responding to a dispute between him and his estranged wife at a store.

The Rock Hill Herald (http://bit.ly/1KsshoA) reports 60-year-old Darrell Morgan was pronounced dead ...

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The dangers of cliquebait: Crashing the Code conference, days two and a half

"I'm not kicking you out, and believe me I could if that was my personality. I took a bunch of people off of the list this year… I'm not kicking you out."Kara Swisher, 12 hours before I was kicked out of her Code conference I'm writing this final dispatch a couple of miles from the Terrenea Rancho Palos Verdes hotel, where the Kara Swisher and Walt […]






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Oklahoma Sen. Lankford to speak at naturalization ceremony

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford is in Oklahoma City to welcome some of the state's newest American citizens.

Lankford will speak at a naturalization ceremony at the Oklahoma City Federal Courthouse Friday. Oklahoma's junior senator plans to applaud them for their successful immigrant journey.

Lankford, a Republican ...

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CNN Creates Blooper Reel Showing the Cable News Network's Most Famous On-Air Mistakes

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Hastert indictment offers few clues about alleged misconduct

CHICAGO (AP) - A newly unveiled indictment against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert accuses the Illinois Republican of agreeing to pay $3.5 million in hush money to keep a person from the town where he was a longtime high school teacher silent about "prior misconduct." But it offers few ...

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This Is How the Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Explaining His Essay On Women Fantasizing About Gang-Rape

"It was intended to…"

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Fast Food Workers Lose Their Jobs After Marijuana Advocate Offers to Pay With Weed

"She said, 'Yeah, sure."

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Megyn Kelly takes down Rand Paul on the Patriot Act

(Paul Mirengoff) John has flagged Rand Paul's ISIS whopper — the claim that Republicans are to blame for the rise of ISIS. When Republicans controlled the White House, ISIS was, as John says, little more than a dream in the minds of a few fanatics. The dream was realized not because of Republicans, but mostly because President Obama reversed President Bush's policies and prematurely withdrew American forces from Iraq. But Rand Paul's

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Heritage Foundation Panel: Conservative Victory in U.K. a 'Win For Smaller Government'

The Conservative Party's victory in the recent British general election spoke to a desire for smaller government on the part of voters, according to experts on both sides of the Atlantic speaking at a panel discussion at the Heritage Foundation Thursday.

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Hillary Brings Back Southern Accent for South Carolina Visit

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton used a southern accent during her speech before South Carolina Democratic Women's Council on Wednesday. Clinton was born and raised in Illinois and has lived in New York and Washington D.C. for over two decades. Nonetheless, her southern accent reemerged as soon as she gave a speech in Columbia, South Carolina. The ...More

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That Time Politico Let Me Come To Their Internal Meeting

Politico reporter: 'What are you doing here?'

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Peter King: Rand Paul Should Be A Democrat, 'Totally Unqualified' to Be President

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) suggested Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who said hawks in the Republican party created ISIS, run as a Democrat and said Paul is "totally unqualified to be commander-in-chief" Thursday on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports." "I think Rand Paul should be a leading contender for the Democratic nomination for president," King, a member of the House Homeland Security ...More

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Ann Coulter: Current Immigration Policy Is About Importing Democrats

New York Times best-selling author Ann Coulter claims the current immigration policy is "100%" about trying to change the US "into a direction that is more favorably disposed to vote for the Democrats." Coulter stopped by Sean Hannity's Fox News Channel (FNC) show on Wednesday night to preview her upcoming book "Adios America." She slammed ...More

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'Let Me Finish': Things Get Tense As CNN's Anderson Cooper Grills 'Draw Muhammad' Contest Organizer

"So are you saying Marines and others who are currently serving in Afghanistan and elsewhere are supporting terrorists?"

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