Obama “Accommodates” First Amendment, Sort Of
After provoking a backlash last week with a tyrannical order that religious organizations pay for contraceptive care they find morally abhorrent, the Obama Administration today…
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The 5-Hour Energy Empire
Forbes magazine recently published a bio of Manoj Bhargava, the mysterious figure behind 5-Hour Energy. In its brief eight-year history, 5-Hour Energy has become a…
Winter Carnival ’12: A Few Minutes as a Polar Bear
Two ’15s brave Occom Pond Although the lack of snow and mild weather has cancelled many of the usual Winter Carnival events, one benefited from the…
At Least We Don’t Live in France
Last week, France fined Google because its Google Maps service is free. The plaintiff, Bottin Cartographes, claimed that Google’s free service undercut the market and allowed…
Santorum Sweeps Colorado, Missouri, Minnesota
Candidate Santorum celebrating his three-state sweep. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, in a big night, swept Colorado, Missouri, and Minnesota. Missouri was a “beauty contest”…
Happy Birthday Charles Dickens
Today marks the 200th birthday of English literary giant, Charles Dickens. The iconic writer was famous for chronicling injustices of Victorian society in classics like…
Internship Experience
The true confessions of a White House intern. Mimi Alford, a White House intern during the Kennedy administration, will release her memoirs on Wednesday. From…
EKT Damaged in Fire Saturday Night
Webster Avenue was abuzz this past Saturday night, though perhaps not for the expected reasons. While some of the row’s action was due to the…
Claudius in Chief
The patron saint of progressivism? For ’tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petard, an’t shall go hard But I will…
That Whole Job Thing
The unemployment rate has fallen to 8.3%, the second straight decline taking us to the lowest jobless rate since February 2009. The gain of 243,000…