A top UN official says their investigation has found evidence of Sarin poisoning in the Syrian conflict, but used by the rebels not the Syrian government. Read More
Colin Darch, 75, was taken hostage by Somali pirates in 2008 and now lectures about the incident. Alas, when he showed up to give his lecture at the UK-based Women’s Institute last month he was greeted by dozens of women in eye-patches, swords and pantaloons who apparently thought Darch lectured on stuff like Black Beard and Captain Kid and the old-fashioned shiver me timbers style piracy.
You might not have thought the NRA could get crazier or dabble more in incitement than they already were. But you’d be wrong. In truth, outgoing president David Keene (a long time conservative activist not exclusively tied to the gun issue) was the less confrontational face of the organization relative to Wayne LaPierre (low bar). But all that’s in the past with the ascension of new President James Porter. Read More
Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, is suing to reclaim the copyright to her Pulitzer Prize winning novel. The son-in-law of her former agent allegedly took advantage of her declining eyesight and hearing to get her to assign the copyright to him. Lee is 87 years old.
National Review tells Grover Norquist they’re sorry for airbrushing his anti-tax mojo out of their Marco Rubio-bashing cover.
The new PPP poll out today shows Democratic Rep. Ed Markey only up 4 points on his GOP rival Gabriel Gomez in the Massachusetts Senate race.
Meet the man who appears to be the only novelist signing books at this weekend’s annual NRA convention in Houston. Hunter Walker talked to him. And guess what? The author thinks Obama/Cuomo/Bloomberg are this close to confiscating the nation’s guns.