Dan Calabrese

U.S., allies expand bombing to Aleppo, Syria's largest city

The U.S. and its allies began last night bombing ISIS targets in Syria. This morning, they've expanded the raid to include Syria's largest city, Aleppo, as word comes down that an attack by ISIS on targets in the U.S. or Europe is imminent.

Court of Appeals restores Wisconsin's voter ID law

The justice system in MJ's home state of Wisconsin is awfully twisted. Not only do county prosecutors conduct baseless investigations against Gov. Scott Walker and his supporters just because he is a Republican and they don't like him, but now we have a Clinton-appointed federal judge from the state taking the liberty of striking down the state's voter ID law simply because that is what Democrats are expected to do.

Uh oh: ObamaCare enrollment has now dropped to 7.3 million

Remember the high-fiving and victory laps that took place on the left when ObamaCare enrollment was announced to have not only passed the announced 7 million minimum needed to make the thing sustainable, but to have surpassed 8 million?

Scotland rejects independence, will remain part of UK

This seemed to be a movement about not much, and in the end, a majority of Scottish voters decided that's how they saw it too. Scotland is a much more left-wing place than England (not that either one of them is exactly Texas), and since the Tories re-took control of the government in the UK, younger left-wing Scots have been agitating to take their bagpipes and kilts and march away to form their own nation.

Tragedy: Taxpayer-funded global warming musical has come to an end

I don't know how to break this one to you. There was a chance, my friends - a fleeting chance - for the creative community to capture the hearts of the nation concerning the true greatest threat to humanity. A theater company was on board. Taxpayer money was committed. The inevitable nationwide enthusiasm for the production would surely turn us all into activists for whatever action Democrats deem necessary to deal with global warming.

Threat of ISIS beheading in Australia prompts massive police raids

It sounds like a 24 episode, and come to think of it, they haven't done a season in Australia yet. (Granted, they've got to get Jack out of Russia first but let's not get ahead of ourselves.) This is 100 percent real, though. The Australian government received intelligence that ISIS monsters operating in Australia were planning to snatch a random person on the street, take them to a secret location and behead them - all on video, of course - with the black ISIS flag in the background.

More Dempsey: Half of Iraq's army useless in fight against ISIS

And the other half is poorly equipped.

Half a million ObamaCare enrollees about to lose coverage over missing paperwork

I'm sure people saw their policies cancelled in the pre-ObamaCare days because they didn't fill out paperwork correctly and so forth, but I've never been the guy to defend the health insurance industry no matter what form it took. The problem with ObamaCare is that it took the single biggest factor that made health care so unaffordable - too much reliance on third-party payers - and doubled down on it, making it more bureaucratic, more centrally controlled and more politically manipulated.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Dempsey: OK, maybe U.S. 'advisers' will fight on the ground

I wouldn't want to be Martin Dempsey. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, his job is to win military victories. The problem is that his boss, the commander in chief, has an entirely different priority. Barack Obama's priority is to never do anything that proves George W. Bush right or presents political problems for himself.

Terrific: U.S. 'scouts' on ground in Iraq looking for anyone who will fight

Didn't Barack Obama say that our allies were going to do the fighting on the ground against ISIS, and that all the U.S. would have to do would be to provide air support? Didn't John Kerry say we were already establishing a fantastic coalition?

State Dept. whistleblower: Hillary allies hid Benghazi documents that would make her look bad

To be honest, I just assumed that Hillary's protectors at the State Department would have done something like this. It's nice to have an insider confirm it, but you didn't really think it would go any other way, did you? Congress demands documents concerning Benghazi. Hillary's priority is her own political viability, not the security of this nation or of the people in our consulates, and certainly not the truth.

Ron (not Eric) Cantor: 7 points to 'help' John Kerry pimp for Islam

Since John Kerry is predictably spewing the nonsense that ISIS "distorts one of the world's great peaceful religions," writer Ron Cantor has decided to "help" with a new piece for Charisma Magazine that offers seven key facts about Islam. Except . . . it's actually not that helpful if the idea is to absolve Islam. Cantor, who is director of the Israeli-based Messiah's Mandate International, apparently does not share the fear embraced by politicians and the mainsteam media of telling the truth about the nature and history of Islam.

VIDEO: Cris Carter's heartfelt words on Adrian Peterson and child abuse

It was another Sunday of tuning into the NFL hoping to see the focus on football games, but knowing it was not to be as yet another player has repulsed us with his behavior off the field. This one hits home for me because Adrian Peterson plays for my team. And it appears ESPN commentator Cris Carter felt the same way, since Peterson plays for his team too. But in his comments on yesterday's pre-game show, Carter addressed a lot more than just the Vikings' football decision to deactivate Peterson for their game against the Patriots. Carter really cut to the heart of how we understand the discipline of children, and how we draw the line between true discipline and abject brutality.

Foley's brother: State Dept. threatened him when he tried to raise ransom funds

The brother of murdered American journalist James Foley is not too happy with the Obama Administration. Michael Foley told Fox News's Megyn Kelly last night that the State Department was not only unhelpful in securing his brother's release, but that they actually stonewalled the Foley family and on at least one occasion "threatened" them when they tried to privately raise funds for a possible ransom payment.

One doctor's horror story of practicing in the age of ObamaCare

Dr. Mark Sklar is an endocrinologist in solo practice in Washington D.C., in addition to serving as an assistant professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center. So the man knows his stuff, and what he's experienced in recent years - as the federal government has increasingly inserted its clutches into both the delivery and the finance mechanisms of health care - has been nothing good.

Ex-FBI director to seek truth: Did NFL lie about Ray Rice video?

Another 'anniversary' of remembering 9/11 and not doing a damn thing

It's only a matter of time before America loses its nerve

Obama priorities

Ruling out ground combat forces at the start of a conflict is total insanity

Miss Tigers vs. Royals for this nonsense?

I do not think so.

Is it OK for restaurants to publicly humiliate poor-tipping customers?

I am of the opinion that poor tippers are doing a disservice to their servers, and even if you don't feel your service was particularly good, it's better to bless that person than to try to teach them some sort of lesson by being chintzy.