Posts Tagged ‘America’

By Alan Caruba Brace yourself for a week of Green brainwashing when Thursday culminates in an orgy of Green propaganda called Earth Day. Be alert to the tons and tons of Green stories in your weekly and daily newspaper of choice, the weekly snooze-magazines, and especially ... Full story

On Friday, April 16, I participated in the White House Conservation Conference, which launched the Obama administration’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative. As I had hoped, there were representatives there from all 50 states, from the inner city to rural ranching communities, and with perspectives as different as the Sierra Club and ... Full story

Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, the Vatican official in charge of priests around the world when he praised the French bishop in 2001, dragged the Polish pope into the controversy during a conference in the Spanish city of Murcia. His comment came after a Vatican spokesman indirectly confirmed that a 2001 letter to the bishop posted on a French website on Thursday was authentic and ... Full story

President Obama ordered hospitals yesterday to extend visitation rights to gay and lesbian couples. The order applies to hospitals that receive Medicaid or Medicare funding — which is the vast majority nationwide — and builds off similar measures in states such as Maryland. Here, lawmakers passed legislation in 2008 giving unmarried couples a number of health-related rights, such as medical and funeral decision-making and ... Full story

Lt. Gen. Keith AlexanderThe U.S. Cyber Command must strike a balance between securing national security assets and protecting individual privacy, according to Lt. General Keith Alexander, currently serving as head of the NSA and the man nominated to run Cyber Command. Gen. Alexander also said in his remarks at his Senate confirmation hearing that ... Full story

Katie Robbins, National Organizer for Healthcare-NOW!, a leader in the fight for single-payer healthcare or Medicare for All, was invited to address the National Action Network in New York City. It was clear after arriving that conference organizers believed she was representing a coalition with a similar name known as Health Care for America Now that launched in 2008 to support health reform and ... Full story

The Obama administration is reportedly signaling another major shift in policy towards one of its staunchest allies, Israel, and this shift could change the way it votes at the Security Council. The change would mean an end to the US' use of its veto power in the United Nations Security Council when certain anti-Israel resolutions are introduced for a vote.‪ Reports surfaced a couple ... Full story

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has chosen to endorse Marco Rubio over Governor Charlie Crist in Florida's GOP Senate primary. Senior Romney advisers tell Fox News that Romney will make the official announcement Saturday, before personally campaigning with Rubio in Tampa on Monday. Romney is the latest GOP 2008 presidential candidate to endorse Rubio. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani have ... Full story

Warning against the dual threats of complacency and unrealistic expectations, Secretary Janet Napolitano of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged Americans Thursday (April 15) to “be prepared, not scared” in confronting domestic and international terrorism. Napolitano gave a speech and answered student questions during an appearance at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. The secretary provided an overview of her department’s latest ... Full story

By Glenn Foden Happy Tax Day! Glenn Foden contributes cartoons at NewsBusters and does editorial cartoon work for CNSNews as well as the Business and Media Institute and the Culture and Media Institute. See and Read more Quality Material at NewsBusters Filed under: 111th Congress, ... Full story