http://www.wect.com/story/23649894/store-owner-takes-law-into-own-hands-shoots-robber  A store owner in Falkland, North Carolina took the law into his own hands Tuesday night. WITN in Greenville reported the owner of the Falkland Mini … [Read more...]

Just noticed on Daily Kos that Rep. Tierney has a primary challenger in the person of Seth Moulton. He has the support of VoteVets, a fairly reliably progressive organization. On the other hand, the following, without more substance, sounds … [Read more...]

There a bit of evidence that the Republican caucus has been drinking a lot on the job. Not only does this report come from Rep. Alan Grayson whom we might discount, but also from Politico reporter Ginger Gibson: I'm not over exaggerating … [Read more...]

Ezra Klein interviews Senator Coons (D-Del) who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee about Syrian intervention. Senator Coons is rather trusting of President Obama based on Mr Obama's clear reluctance to get involved in the Syrian … [Read more...]

1. We really do not want the opposition to win. It's true that we don't want Assad to win either, but giving the opposition the keys to the chemical weapons is asking for disaster. As the New York Times recently pointed out, the opposition … [Read more...]

Earlier this year, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, supplied Senator Levin options for intervention in Syria. What could the U.S. and what would be involved. The PDF is still available as is a similar letter sent … [Read more...]

RACE. At Breitbart.com where they haven't thought about race that much, they are finding this line from Oprah's interview with Anderson Cooper to be outrageous: People don’t feel it’s race because people don’t call it race…A lot of people … [Read more...]

Recent U.S. economic news has been disappointing. GDP may be growing but it is growing very slowly. Job creation is even more sluggish. The civilian labor force participation rate, i.e., the percentage of civilian population employed used … [Read more...]

Rolling Stone has published a flattering picture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover. How could they!!! Tedeschi Food Shops, which is based in Rockland, Mass., is refusing to sell the edition of the magazine at its nearly 200 outlets, saying … [Read more...]

How are social conservatives responding to their recent loss regarding DOMA? A recent Christian Science Monitor article gives a mixture of denial and inadvertent truth telling. From Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, we get: As … [Read more...]