Buses With Migrant Families Rerouted From Murrieta, California Protest
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Homeland Security buses carrying migrant children and families were rerouted Tuesday to a facility in San Diego after American flag-waving protesters blocked the group from reaching a...
View ArticleWatch These Good People Stand Up To A Woman Delivering Horrific Racist Tirade...
Warning: the video above contains explicit language that some readers may find offensive. Our knee-jerk reaction to this type of reprehensible racism would normally be to declare that the world is a...
View ArticleIraq and the Freedom Deficit in Islam
The startling success of Islamist extremists in seizing major cities in Iraq and threatening the government in Baghdad has many causes, but none more important than this: the failure of modern Islam to...
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Why Tiny Barbados Is Beating Us on the Road to Green Energy
Oil prices are soaring again -- this time due to uncertainty over the fate of major producers like Russia and Iraq. Expect to pay more at the gas pump and the grocery store in the months ahead, since...
View ArticleA Four Country Democratic Coalition vs. China?
This article originally appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald NEW DELHI -- Australia and India are deepening military ties and reviving the spirit of a controversial four-way democratic coalition with...
View ArticleU.S. Falls Behind Other Countries That Provide Free Contraception
The Supreme Court's decision in the controversial Hobby Lobby case, which exempts "closely held" corporations from providing birth control to employees if it conflicts with their religious interests,...
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Why We Set Off Fireworks On The Fourth Of July
Ever wondered why we set off those humungous kaleidoscopes of gunpowder in our sky each Fourth of July? Apparently, the history of fireworks in America is as old the country itself. On our first...
View ArticleThe Honorable Thing to Do Is Kill Someone: Defeating Men's Culture of Honor...
First the bad news: a fracture in the Middle East is looming. There is a fracturing of states along sectarian lines that has been funded and instigated by a variety of men around the Middle East and...
View ArticleOne Step Forward, One Step Back: The Fight for Transgender Rights in Latin...
Recently, the highest court in Italy allowed a couple to remain legally married after one had sex reassignment surgery. In a surreal twist, the Catholic Church recognizes the couple as still married...
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25 Momentous Colorized Photos That Let You Relive American History
One of Reddit's more intriguing gifs to the internet has been a series of colorized photos that bring black-and-white memories back to life. This fourth of July week, we've decided to go through the...
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Ten Unconventional Flags That Make Us Proud To Be American
In honor of The Fourth of July, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the glorious holiday. Happy birthday, America! We hope you're celebrating this festive occasion with no...
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There's A Tiny Pool In The Middle Of The Mojave Desert, And You Can Swim In It
Somewhere in the depths of California's Mojave Desert, in a location identifiable only by guarded GPS coordinates, is a tiny pool. This pool, imagined by Austrian artist Alfredo Barsuglia, is open to...
View Article'House Of Cards' Can't Film At UN After Russia Refusal, Diplomats Say
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Diplomats say Russia has refused to allow the U.S. television series "House of Cards" to film in the U.N. Security Council chamber. The show's producers approached the United...
View ArticleU.S. Ship Sails To Destroy Syrian Weapons At Sea
GIOIA TAURO, Italy (AP) — A United States cargo vessel loaded with hundreds of tons of Syria's chemical weapons left an Italian port Wednesday to destroy the arms at sea as part of the international...
View ArticleJapan To Lift Some North Korea Sanctions
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday his government will lift some of its sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang's decision to create a committee to investigate the...
View ArticleShannon Maureen Conley, Colorado Woman, Arrested On Terror Charges
A Colorado woman has been arrested for allegedly providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the FBI said in documents unsealed on Wednesday. Shannon Maureen Conley, 19, is accused...
View ArticleObama Gets Mixed Ratings For His Record On Iraq
Looking at the chaos in Iraq, Americans are still more likely to point the finger at George W. Bush, according to a Quinnipiac survey released Thursday. But they're growing increasingly unhappy with...
View ArticleOne Billion Drinkers Can Be Wrong
Sensing a business opportunity -- due to growing curiosity over Chinese culture and the increasing number of Chinese visitors to the United States -- some companies are trying to bring baijiu to the...
View ArticleCurfew Imposed After Deadly Religious Attacks In Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Authorities imposed a curfew in Myanmar's second largest city Thursday after attacks on minority Muslims left two people dead and 14 injured, raising fears that sectarian...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: A Democratic Alliance to Contain China?
This week, the unsettling of stability in Asia took yet another turn. Just as Chinese President Xi Jinping was due to arrive in South Korea -- which is angry at Japan over denials about World War II...
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