Everyone who’s ever watched “Law & Order,” knows the drill. If you’re arrested you have the right to remain silent. You have a right to an attorney and if you can’t afford one, one will be provided to you. And anything you say may be used against you in a court of law. Those rights [...]
Yesterday, the United Nations Human Rights Council decided to send an independent fact-finding mission to investigate violations of international law resulting from the Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza. The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution strongly condemning the attack by a vote of 32 in favor to 3 against [...]
After holding out on approving that sand barriers be built to protect Louisiana coastlines, the White House announced on Tuesday afternoon that it will force BP to pay for the project. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal had grown frustrated with the slow response from the Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the White House [...]
Sir Paul McCartney’s road to the White House may have been a long and winding one, but the pop music icon had a succinct message for President Obama’s critics. “He’s a great guy. So lay off him,” McCartney said at a press conference Wednesday as he got set to perform in concert in the White [...]
UPDATE (June 2, 2010 at 5:00 pm PST): Governor Bobby Jindal at a press conference on Tuesday evening announced that the White House will force BP to fund the sand barriers to protect Louisiana’s coastline and its ecosystems. “We have just received word from White House staff that they are going to require BP to [...]
