In 2014, Brazil will host one of the world’s foremost athletic events—the FIFA World Cup. Brazil was chosen to host both the World Cup in 2014 AND the Olympic Summer Games in 2016. While Brazil’s leadership sees this as a way to showcase their country to the world, the Brazilian people are protesting en masse.…
If you listened to very much of bandwagon’s reasoning during the 2008 elections, electing Barack Obama transcended politics. It was “historic.” It was “once-in-a-lifetime.” So much so, that many voted for the man on this basis alone. To be certain, there is no doubt that his presidency is indeed historic. Is, however, his election really…
In the popular flick Marley & Me, the protagonist’s friend—a fellow journalist—is sent to Colombia for to write a piece on the drug trafficking, because he’s got a guy that can “put him next to Pablo Escobar.” Pablo Escobar, as you may know, was the infamously violent Colombian drug warlord that put his nation on the…
Just a few days ago, the world lost one of the foremost champions of conservative principles. She was a champion of personal liberty and real freedom—working to reverse decades of economic oppression and suffocating progressivism in her country—yet the attacks on her work were unrelenting. Despite countless efforts to curtail her work, she never gave…
A few years ago I was in the process of planning my wedding, which unlike most, included an international component. In order for members of my husband’s family to join us, it not only meant packing a suitcase, but securing a tourist visa to enter the United States. For one member of the family–smooth sailing…
On the eve of the Armageddon, (Sequestration, for the rest of you) the President continues to run around the country and spread a misleading and wholly untruthful message by land, air, and You Tube. . .and I got to thinking about the billions we spend in any given year on complete and utter frivolities. Downright…
What do gas, vacations, war, and golf have to do with one another? Meet some contenders for the selective journalism award I’ve just created. I’ve decided to call it “The Cricket,” in honor of the sound we so often associate with dead air. . . you know, “cricket. . . cricket. . . cricket. .…
“The President shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” Article II, Sec. 3 Our Constitution requires that our president present a national progress report–which in effect is supposed to be somewhat of a score…
As we watch our ally Israel prepare for a potential attack at their northern border, we witnessed the confirmation hearings of Senator Chuck Hagel as he attempts to secure the post for which President Obama has nominated him- Secretary of Defense. As the most powerful civilian commander of our military forces–after the President–the Secretary of…
Today the president was sworn in publicly, after which he gave yet another partisan speech in true Barack Obama form. While we know him to be one of the most partisan presidents of our history, he is still the President of the United States, and thus serves as every American’s president. Sadly, today, he demonstrated…
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