Courage: Iran’s Sole Female Olympic Medalist Defects
Kimia Alizadeh, Iran’s only female Olympic medalist, defected from her home country so they wouldn’t be able to use her athletic success as a propaganda tool. The 21-year-old athlete, who won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the Rio Olympics, said she didn’t want to be part of the Islamic republic’s “hypocrisy, lies, injustice and […]
Trump Crowd Cheers Promise to Deregulate Energy-Efficient Dishwashers, Showers, Sinks
This is the way to my self-governing heart. President Donald Trump was in Milwaukee Tuesday night, saying words Americans wanted to hear: he promised to roll back Obama’s Department of Energy efficiency standards on household appliances like dishwashers, lightbulbs, toilets, and showers that make it harder and harder to actually get domestic tasks accomplished. “I’m […]
Bernie Sanders Reveals He Has No Plan (And That Might Be a Good Thing)
I didn’t watch the snoozefest of a Democratic debate last night, but it looks like Bernie Sanders is up to his normal old tricks. National Review’s Jim Geraghty tweeted, “In Bernie’s world, there are no thorny problems or complicated trade-offs. Every problem is just because ‘we’ haven’t ‘stood up’ enough to somebody powerful. And apparently once […]
Bernie Sanders Reveals He Has No Plan (And That Might Be a Good Thing)
I didn’t watch the snoozefest of a Democratic debate last night, but it looks like Bernie Sanders is up to his normal old tricks. National Review’s Jim Geraghty tweeted, “In Bernie’s world, there are no thorny problems or complicated trade-offs. Every problem is just because ‘we’ haven’t ‘stood up’ enough to somebody powerful. And apparently once […]
Kathy Griffin Begs for Roles after the Trump ‘Beheading’ Photo
The comedienne who posed for a 2017 photo while holding what looked to be a decapitated head of President Donald Trump is shocked – shocked – that it’s hard for her to get roles now. No longer represented by an agent, Kathy Griffin was fired from her CNN New Year’s Eve hosting job after alienating one […]