May 14
By Douglas MacMillan and Rebecca Reisner Business WeekIn August 2008 we reported on 18 chief executives who use the microblogging application Twitter to clue customers in on new services, help them with questions about their products, and generally get a little bit personal with customers, business associates, and the public.Not even a year later, we bring you nearly 50 CEOs who find tweeting a … Read more
May 11
As our nation struggles with its worst recession in decades, a beauty pageant runner-up, who most Americans probably never heard of three weeks ago, is attracting national headlines. Such seems absurd given the low interest in these events let alone the improbability of anyone caring about the views expressed by the contestants during the question and answer phase. Let’s face it: people tuning in to watch … Read more
May 07
by Frank Turekhttp://www.townhall.com/Is waterboarding torture? If it is, we’ve been torturing our service members for years. As a United States Naval Aviator, I attended SERE school in the California desert in 1985. SERE (which stands for Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape) prepares combatants for the possibility that they might be taken prisoners of war.While many aspects of the training remain classified, I can say … Read more
May 05
This is really kind of mind numbing and demonstrates what is wrong with Congress.During a House Judiciary Committee meeting, Congressman Steve King (R-IA) offered up an amendment to the hate crimes bill to exclude pedophiles from being a protected category under the hate crimes legislation.Every single Democrat voted it down.In the same meeting, Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL) offered an amendment to include veterans as a class protected … Read more
