There’s no way that taking away one of the few forms of stress relief that soldiers in a war zone have could produce unintended consequences. An image making the rounds on Facebook gave us a chuckle — it’s a notice posted in a port-a-potty on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, and it sends a […]

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No. They are not the same thing. Cathy Reisenwitz at Forbes on why Millenials are being fucked by the big fat dick known as Obamacare: Another math lesson seems to be needed here: Insurance is only a good deal when it actually works like insurance. Using insurance to pay for routine care and predictable healthcare […]

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Michael Lofti at The Liberty Paper on the antics of the president thrusted on the people: Anyone who can’t see that the shutdown is little more than theater simply isn’t paying attention. If the above examples aren’t enough for you then look no further than to President Obama’s favorite golf course, which remains open. President […]

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This is just plain fucking evil. Last Thursday park rangers arrived at the elderly couple’s home and forced them to leave. Their home sits on federal lands. Even though the Spencer’s have owned their home for more than 4 decades, the park ranger told them they could not return until a budget was passed. Obama […]

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Squeeze drug traffic lanes in the Caribbean in the 70s and 80s and the traffic shifts to Mexico. Squeeze Mexican traffic lanes through the 90s and aughts, and the traffic shifts right back to the Caribbean. More of the cocaine smuggled to the United States is passing through the Caribbean, officials said, representing a shift […]

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Johnathan Carp, former combat medic in Iraq, on modern day police tactics: The shooting on Capitol Hill of Miriam Carey, an unarmed woman who refused police commands to stop her car, was a familiar situation for any veteran of the Iraq War, with one significant difference — rather than moving through a progressive escalation of […]

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The president who cried wolf. Jeff Cox: Washington’s efforts to scare Wall Street haven’t come to much so far. The message hardly could be clearer from the Obama administration: An impasse over approving a continuing resolution that would keep government going threatens to morph into a crippling battle over the debt ceiling. Wall Street should […]

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It’s nice to know that our government schools are prioritizing the important stuff.

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You think there might be something under that rock? The ATF agent who blew the whistle on Operation Fast and Furious has been denied permission to write a book on the botched anti-gun trafficking sting “because it would have a negative impact on morale,” according to the very agency responsible for the scandal. After first […]

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A worthy mission indeed. Janice Podsada: [John P.] Mackey, 60, chief executive and co-founder of Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods and now co-author of “Conscious Capitalism,” is on a mission to rebrand capitalism and improve its reputation by demonstrating that love, passion, idealism and empathy play a central role in creating successful, competitive businesses. Capitalism “is […]

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