Dalai Lama offers historic prayer in U.S. SenateThe U.S. Senate opened Thursday morning with a prayer from an unusual guest: The Dalai Lama. Though the upper chamber of Congress routinely opens with a prayer, it’s usually from the Senate chaplain, historically a clergy member from a mainline Protestant congregation. (Current chaplain Barry Black is a
Huckabee: Time for government, not ‘people of faith to scale back’Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) didn’t disguise his presidential ambitions on Thursday, touting his socially conservative bona fides and blasting both President Obama and Hillary Clinton in his Conservative Political Action Conference speech. “These are the things that I know. I know there is
the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy The President and the Press: Address before the American Newspaper Publishers AssociationPresident John F. KennedyWaldorf-Astoria HotelNew York City, April 27, 1961
‘Here I come to save the day!’The news of Carter’s proposed Venezuela visit was only hours old when alarmed Venezuelan anti-socialists sent out an SOS: “Please, desist from your trip,” reads an open letter from Venezuelan blogger/journalist Daniel Duquenal. “You have absolutely no credibility in Venezuela…You have cursed us enough as it is. I can
Military’s top general offers grim outlook on nation’s defenseThe nation’s top military commander painted a dark picture Tuesday of future U.S. defense capabilities clouded by shrinking Pentagon budgets and adversaries’ technological advances that he said would erode American battlefield superiority. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided his sobering views
Mass. High Court: Subway Upskirt Photos Not IllegalMassachusetts’ highest court has ruled that a man accused of secretly snapping photos up a woman’s skirt on an MBTA train did not break the law. The State Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday dismissed charges against Michael Robertson of Andover, who was arrested in August 2010 by Transit
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Reportedly Orders Execution of 33 People for Talking With Christian Missionary to Start 500 Churches North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on March 31, 2013. North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un has reportedly ordered
DNC Attendees Can’t Name a Single Hillary AccomplishmentSome said she had about a hundred moments of greatness when she served under President Obama – but, strangely, couldn’t name a single accomplishment of hers, besides marrying Bill Clinton.
Russian television makers have been accused of using an actress to pose as at least five different women opposed to the revolution in Ukraine. The blonde woman was seen on television broadcasts as an aggrieved housewife in Odessa, describing her terror at the ‘pro-fascist’ politicians who grabbed power in Ukraine during last month’s revolution. However,
CEO of Bitcoin Exchange Found Dead in Singapore The CEO of a virtual currency exchange was found dead near her home in Singapore. A police spokesman said Thursday that initial investigations indicated there was no suspicion of “foul play” in the Feb. 26 death, meaning officers do not suspect murder. 8th international banker to die
