Equal Opportunity by Martin Kozlowski The NAACP believes the tea party is racist. The tea party believes the NAACP is racist. And Pat Buchanan got into trouble recently by pointing out that if Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, there will not be a single Protestant Justice, although Protestants make up half the U.S. population and dominated the court for generations. Forty years ago, as... 

The deepening notes of disenchantment with Barack Obama now issuing from commentators across the political spectrum were predictable. So, too, were the charges from some of the president’s earliest enthusiasts about his failure to reflect a powerful sense of urgency about the oil spill. There should have been nothing puzzling about his response to anyone who has paid even modest critical... 

Treasury Board president Stockwell Day says no Canadian should be blocked from getting a job based on their ethnicity. The Liberals and NDP are condemning a move by the Tories to end government hiring practices that block some people from applying for jobs based on race. Treasury Board president Stockwell Day says no Canadian should be blocked from getting a job based on their ethnicity, but the Liberals... 

On Monday, the Department of Agriculture demanded the resignation of Shirley Sherrod over a two-minute videotape where she appeared to describe to a cheering crowd of the Georgia NAACP how she denied assistance to a poor white farmer about to lose his land. Declaring itself “appalled” at this “shameful” act of racism, the NAACP said it would investigate the Georgia crowd that... 

The way nerve cells communicate is being studied by the research teams. The way neurons communicate could inspire the next generation of computers. Researchers are developing novel computers by mimicking the way that neurons are built and how they talk to each other. Basing computers around neurons could lead to improvements in visual and audio processing on computers. It might mean that computers... 

Stanley Z. Levitt is charged with molesting students. Two years ago, Michael Brecher came to prosecutors in Boston with a disturbing allegation: In the 1970s, he said, he had been molested by a rabbi who was teaching sixth grade at one of the region’s most prestigious Jewish day schools, the Maimonides School. One of Brecher’s classmates came forward at the same time. And last year, after reading... 

Russian diplomatic and foreign affairs experts are in shock today over the International Court of Justice (World Court) [symbol top photo left] ruling yesterday that declared the independence declaration of the Serbian province of Kosovo to be legal and not a violation of International Law. According to the World Court’s President, Judge Hisashi Owada, and supported by a majority ruling, “The... 

The UN says at least 198 Palestinian structures in the West Bank have been demolished this year Amnesty International has today called on the Israeli authorities to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes and other buildings in the West Bank, after a further 74 were destroyed in the Jordan Valley earlier this week. The demolitions were carried out by the Israeli military in the villages of Hmayyir... 

Luc Everaert The International Monetary Fund this morning released its latest review of the eurozone economy, a collection of 16 countries that, judging from the report’s conclusions, are becoming the continent’s new Brothers Grimm. Growth is slow — and at risk of getting slower because bank credit has dried up. The banks themselves are undercapitalized and far too dependent on government... 

Parents Ben & Angela Ihegboro with baby Nmachi A bizarre report appeared in The Sun few days ago claiming that a couple of black Nigerians from England gave birth to miraculous white baby which should be genetically impossible. In the story it is claimed that the baby is not an albino but of course she is an albino baby and she is not the first African albino, there have been thousands of albinos... 

The Czech Republic’s picturesque capital city of Prague showcases hundreds of years of European history through its well-preserved architecture. The Czech Republic also serves as a bellwether for Europe’s demographic future. Diversity is spreading across the continent from immigrant hubs in Western Europe and arriving in the land of the Czechs.  Read More »

A dire report prepared for Prime Minister Putin by the foreign military intelligence directorate of the Russian General Staff (GRU) is warning today that Total Global War may be “imminent” due to the United States “shock bombing” of 2 Chinese oil pipelines in retaliation for the Communist Chinese ally North Korea’s torpedoing and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf... 

Watch the Navy shooting down an airplane over the Pacific ocean using the new LaWS (Laser Weapon System) guided by Raytheon’s Phalanx Close-In Weapon sensors. Welcome to the future, where we all die in the hands of angry laser-firing bots. The LaWS is a six-laser cannon guided by the Phalanx Block 1B, the white structure that you can see here, mounted next to LaWS. Phalanx identifies and tracks... 

More people in the United States are expressing support for deporting all illegal immigrants currently working in the country, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 50 per cent of respondents share this opinion, up eight points since May. On the contrary, 27 per cent of respondents would allow illegal workers to remain in the U.S. and eventually apply for citizenship, and 16 per cent... 

With July in full force, it already feels like the Sun’s rays are slobbering down our necks. But what if it were closer to us? Say, 90 million miles closer? Popular Science investigates how near we could go and survive. Even though the life-giving fireball burns at an unfathomable 9,940°F, PopSci notes that its heat fades quickly with distance in space’s vacuum, so that even at relatively...