Greenpeace showcases its anti-human side

It was a surreal experience. As the Heartland Institute's hugely successful Ninth International Conference on Climate Change ended, I agreed to let Greenpeace activist Connor Gibson interview me.

Texas Style Smackdown of California's Economic Woes

An economic comparison of Texas versus California in recent years is no contest. Texas wins easily

Who is running the country anyway?

The majority of Canadians would agree that free expression is the lifeblood of democracies and that freedom of speech, especially on matters of conscience, is a fundamental right under our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. There is increasing evidence for the perfect validity of questioning whether or not our Supreme Court really believes this.

U.S. Senate Democrats launch push for “the most radical pro-abortion bill ever considered by Congress”

WASHINGTON – Four months before the mid-term congressional election, Senate Democrats are pushing into the national spotlight “the most radical pro-abortion bill ever considered by Congress,” said Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of state right-to-life organizations.

Introducing 'Operation Choke Point': Obama's strategy for attacking businesses he doesn't like

Change you can believe in.

Lois Lerner's FEC associate, April Sands, had her hard drive 'recycled' too...

Shocking.

Welcome to Iowa: Group Hits Christie’s ‘Liberal’ Picks for Judges

As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie prepares to travel to Iowa on Thursday to test the waters for a Republican presidential race, a conservative watchdog group is ready to call attention to his record of judicial appointments.

Looking for the Next Oil Boom? Follow the Tech

Much larger than Eagle Ford and once thought to have reached peak production, new technology has brought us full circle back to the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, where the recent shift to horizontal well drilling has rendered this play the unexpected ground zero.

Is Criticizing Obama Racist?

I predict that, as Obama’s approval and popularity continues to decline, we will hear him and his soul mate, Attorney General Eric Holder, increasingly express the view that their race has something—maybe a lot—to do with the criticism they receive.

UN Security Council Moves Slowly Ahead on Syria

In a small incremental but constructive step forward, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a humanitarian aid resolution on July 14th regarding embattled Syria. The purpose of the resolution is to enable increased access to civilians in difficult-to-reach areas by authorizing the delivery of humanitarian assistance across more national borders and internal conflict lines.

Behold, one man's hellish nightmare while trying to cancel his cable TV service

Comcast apologizes for Kafka-esque 'customer service'

Climate Change 'Realists” Meet in Las Vegas

You've heard about carbon dioxide and its effect on temperature world-wide. But have you heard that temperature increases first, then hundreds or more years later carbon dioxide levels rise? My guess is probably not. Also, there have been periods when atmospheric CO2 levels were as much as 16 times higher than they are now—periods characterized not by warming, but by glaciations.

The season bores on

Our political season drags on. The candidates have crawled from the protective harbors of self-respect their mothers deposited them in as eggs. Like little turtles and tortoises blinking reflexively into the sunlight they wander toward the surf trying to become influential in an ocean far larger than they imagined. They’ve all of the appearances of their mothers and fathers: a shell appearing similar to mom and dad’s, an ability to retract their arms, legs and heads into the shell for protection and the natural coloration could serve them in good stead while swimming about in search of sustenance.

Lawmakers Throw Light on Secretive ‘Operation Choke Point’

Is “Operation Choke Point” about to get choked by Congress? Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sure hopes so.

Josh Earnest reduced to blather as Jon Karl destroys Obama's foreign policy record

Obama's lack of resolve: When asked about it, all they can do is stammer incoherently, unless they want to admit the truth: They have no will to stand up to anyone

Undermining Israel's right to self-defense: The UN pathology

This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared on The Jerusalem Post. The 20th century job description of the United Nations was “to maintain international peace and security” based on “the sovereign equality of all its members,” and to do “nothing [to] impair the inherent right of self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a member of the UN.”

Could constitutional amendment reverse Citizens United?

NO LIMITS: After Citizens United, states and the federal government can no longer limit campaign contributions from unions, corporations or individuals. But some Democrats in Congress are trying to change the Constitution to make such limits possible again.

Wisconsin's Secret War: GAB now playing secrets in state John Doe lawsuit

PAINT IT BLACK: The state Government Accountability Board has asked a judge to black out portions of the agency’s response to a state lawsuit involving the politically charged John Doe investigation. That request may not stand for long, a source tells Wisconsin Reporter.

Murrieta: City of Hate? Or Home of the New Revolution?

The illegal immigration protests in Murrieta, for the most part, have come to an end. The federal government backed down, deciding not to send bus loads of diseased migrants into our community anymore. Now, they are shipping them to local churches, and border patrol facilities in other States.

Middle East through the Looking Glass

Thomas Friedman's article is a reflection of an inverted world in which the West exists. A world where minor secondary characters are villains, where genuine villains never appear at the scene, and people are united by good intentions and ties of friendship.