A report in today’s Washington Times about Senate negotiations — which included the White House — over legislation that would promote “clean” energy (splattered birds, okay; leaked oil, not so much) notes that agreement is still difficult over whether to…
Earlier this week the White House issued denials to the Chicago Sun-Times that it played any role in pressuring Wall Street firms (including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup) to ante up $20 million each to help bail out the presidentially pampered…
Despite $140 million in commitments from deep-pocketed monsters of the TARP (Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JP Morgan, GE Capital) that would have helped it access its own asset-relief funds, the Federal Reserve says Obama-connected Chicago lender ShoreBank still falls far short…
The propagandists at the Alliance for Climate Education, who roam the country lobbying school boards and educrats to allow them to deliver 45-minute talks at high school assemblies, are promoting two hip-hop artists to their teen audience. From ACE’s blog:…
If there was ever any doubt about the resemblance, it was removed with this weekend’s Pixar Studios release.
From Boston Globe sportswriter Peter Abraham: John McDonald, a (Toronto) Blue Jays infielder, lost his father to cancer last week. Before Jack McDonald died, he told his son to hit a home run for him when he went back to…
And then there was this incident last year at a quasi-town hall meeting (hosted by the local chapter of the SEIU) in which a military veteran challenges Etheridge on his support for the Obama agenda. It shows that if any…
While many similar financial institutions have been allowed to fail, Chicago-based ShoreBank is getting propped up by the Obama Administration, which allegedly pressured Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and others to send some cash to the community development lender. This, according to…
Ten days ago the New York Times reported how Amish farmers are being encouraged by environmental bureaucrats and activist groups to clean up the way they farm: For now, [EPA]’s strategy is to approach each farmer individually in collaboration with…
This is not from The Onion: GRAND RAPIDS — Having watched the oil gushing in the Gulf of Mexico, dairy farmer Frank Konkel has a hard time seeing how spilled milk can be labeled the same kind of environmental hazard….