What was once unspeakable is now being said. In pre-September 11th America, no president or politician could have so much as hinted at an all-encompassing electronic surveillance program, yet now the White House and intelligence leaders speak calmly about finding a “balance” between security and privacy. In 2007, George W. Bush’s attorney general, Alberto Gonzalez,
Although Major League Baseball’s all-time hit king Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from the sport due to gambling is nearly as legendary as his play, he is also widely regarded as the game’s greatest competitor. One of Rose’s most famous moments involved his performance at the 1970 All-Star game in which his violent home plate collision
Insanity is at the wheel. The U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last Thursday, the U.S.’s second ICBM launch in one week. The missile, fired from a bunker in California, was aimed at an area of ocean near the Marshall Islands. The acknowledged purpose of the launches was intimidation of
As Selection Sunday for the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament is now two weeks away, a handful of worthy teams have been declared ineligible for the event due to their programs’ violation of some portion of the NCAA’s complex system of rules. In recent years, these bans have included 2013 Final Four participant Syracuse for
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has been called to testify on the Flint water crisis before a House oversight committee at a hearing to be held March 17, the committee has announced. Snyder had not been among the witnesses called for a previous hearing held by the panel February 3, though more than one committee member
Without hyperbole, one of the most important administrative actions in global sports history will likely take place on Friday in Zurich’s Hallenstadion entertainment complex. Officially dubbed the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress, representatives from 207 individual member states of world soccer’s governing body will vote not only on who will succeed the terminally corrupt Sepp Blatter
You are allowed no secrets. The Obama administration announced Monday that an attorney representing unspecified victims of the December 5 San Bernardino mass shootings will, upon the administration’s request, file a brief supporting a court order to compel Apple Inc. to provide the government a “back door” to its iOS operating system. The Federal Bureau
One reads with grim amusement that General Motors is on a quest for a new “culture.” No sooner has the corporation demonstrated to stockholders its religious devotion to profits, complete with ritual human sacrifice, than it decides it’s time for a makeover. Of course, with the bad press that came from willfully killing perhaps hundreds
Prepare to be shocked. A Big Three automaker knowingly risked people’s lives to save a few pennies per part. No, this time it isn’t General Motors and ignition switches in the spotlight. Information has come out that Ford Motor Company continued to use asbestos-lined brakes for twenty years after internal memos expressed concern for the
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia does not bring with it the end of an era. Like Augustus Caesar and Ray Kroc, Scalia dies a glorious success, leaving an empire in place on the ruins of a former world. For Scalia, the world to be overcome had been American democracy, and he