One year ago this month, Vogue magazine published a glowing profile piece of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife, Asma. Over the last year, Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour has defended her magazine's portrayal of the Syrian First Lady despite the brutal crackdown in Syria by Asma's husband's...

One of the complaints from the Occupy movement protesters is that gambling by the banking sector is what created the economic crisis gripping the globe. And they're partially correct in placing blame at the feet of bankers who recklessly played the markets like a game of Monopoly. But risk is...

You can't blame the Palestinians for trying. Over the last few years, the Obama Administration has encouraged the Palestinians to make bold moves. While shifting U.S. policy away from Israel, President Obama clearly and definitively told the Palestinians to reject violence but plan for statehood. Within five months of taking...

Make no mistake about it, billionaire Michael Bloomberg is a technology whiz. But his energy ideas are bankrupt. His $50 million gift to support the Sierra Club's anti-coal agenda and to stop coal-fired power plants will undoubtedly help move American jobs to China.

As the Mayor of America's...

It's happened again -- Susan Rice has skipped another UN meeting critical to U.S. interests. Today's UN Security Council debate on the Middle East was the last open meeting scheduled before the planned UN vote to recognize Palestinian statehood. The Obama Administration has said it doesn't think it's a good...

Below is the official White House Press Pool Report from President Obama's Pride reception at the White House.

In it you will see that Dan Savage thinks supporting gay marriage is being "out on the furthest limb" for Obama so he isn't furious with him for his position. Savage also...

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Once again, The Advocate magazine has hidden a Democrat's anti-gay views. This time, The Advocate protects First Lady Michelle Obama. In an article today on TheAdvocate.com, writer Lucas Grindley reports on former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey's appearance on CNN Monday but fails...

Elizabeth Blackney is on her 38th day of a hunger strike to get President Barack Obama to pay attention to the plight of the women of the Congo. So far, the White House hasn't noticed. But Blackney is hoping her final few days of the 40-day campaign will catch the...

This week, United States Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford participated in a tour sponsored by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government in the Northwest province of Idlib. The propaganda tour was organized to show the devastation caused by what government officials described as "foreign outlaws" and "radical Islamists." The excursion included...

Horse racing, wrestling and football have little in common aside from the inherent competition they provide. However, the sports' athletes face a very similar set of challenges once the competition is over. Addressing the health and welfare of aging and retired professional athletes has become a major sticking point for...

When the White House released the erroneous fact that president Obama would be the first President since John F. Kennedy to visit Puerto Rico, CNN, NPR and others accepted it as fact and began reporting it. Without checking the White House's spin, many media organizations highlighted Obama's visit and failed...

When Barack Obama was running for president he committed to leading the United Nations and other countries towards a common global goal. Obama believed that he could speak to allies and dictators directly and charm them into seeing the error of their ways. Since becoming president of the United States,...

The revolution sweeping across the Middle East started in Beirut shortly after the February 14, 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others. The ensuing Cedar Revolution, launched by Lebanese pro-democracy supporters, targeted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime and demanded an end to Syria's...

This week, two different religions were mocked and disrespected in the United States and the followers' reactions couldn't have been more different. While a lone preacher in Florida burned a copy of the Koran, a Broadway show opened in New York making fun of the Mormon...

The powerful anti-gay Democratic State Senator from New York, Carl Kruger, was outed this month by the New York Post for allegedly taking bribes that were used to partially pay for his gay lover's water front mansion. In its front page March 11 story, the Post outed the...

California has long been the preeminent home for dreamers, seducing the world's most talented and successful movie stars, musicians, writers, techies, developers and deal makers. California is the place the talented and driven go to turn dreams into reality. Their personal success has, in turn, fueled government's economic engines for...

So it turns out that French fries are really freedom fries after all.

From the moment Moammar Gaddafi started his vicious military campaign against his people, French President Nicholas Sarkozy spoke of confronting the Libyan madman. While President Obama thought about what to do, Sarkozy met with members of...

It's ironic that PJ Crowley went to MIT to talk about the power of new media on foreign policy issues only to find that a blog posting of his remarks ended his career as America's top foreign policy spokesman. It's also ironic that although Crowley's comments were immediately reported via...

State sponsored media is so last year. And the news that NPR CEO Vivian Schiller has been forced out of her job is a good first step in stopping federal funds from going to support a news organization.

In the U.S., there is no need for government...

Hollywood is supposed to be the place where people take risks. It's the place where the industry types push the limits anew and create something fresh from the faint. It's not supposed to be a place where yesterday is the standard. But this week, the Hollywood establishment made two choices...