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Clinton camp issues clarification on deleted emails, claims ‘every’ message was reviewed

Hillary Clinton’s camp late Sunday issued a significant clarification about the steps they say were taken to review thousands of personal emails before they were deleted, claiming her team individually read “every email” before discarding those deemed private. Clinton spokesman…

Mysterious gray gunk killing hundreds of birds in San Francisco Bay

Conservation officials aren’t sure what the gunk that is killing birds in the San Francsico Bay is. (AP) SAN FRANCISCO – Wildlife experts are scrambling to identify the mysterious gray gunk coating — and killing — hundreds of seabirds in…

ObamaCare’s whopping Cadillac tax under fire

Of all the taxes in ObamaCare, none is more onerous than the whopping 40 percent Cadillac tax on the more generous employer-provided health care plans, which often are union plans. The now-famous former outside adviser on ObamaCare, Jonathan Gruber of…

Protecting Medicare Part D From Government Intervention

It’s no secret that President Obama’s healthcare law continues to struggle despite the administration touting eight million sign-ups and 13 million people getting coverage during the first enrollment season. The administration is still struggling to get millennials to sign-up –…

Detroit bankruptcy: Why judge’s decision on city’s fate will impact every American

Will American cities in financial distress be given a legal precedent to use Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection to prioritize selected creditors, like pensioners, even if it violates bankruptcy law? Has the bankruptcy process devolved into a political instrument, improperly influenced…

In defense of whole milk

Could whole milk help win the fight against obesity? (iStock) It’s hard to resist a glass of cold, creamy whole milk with a warm brownie or a piece of pie. But resist we do, because for 50 years scientists have…

Is conservative free speech banned in America?

(Reuters) Is there free speech left in America…if you’re a conservative or Christian? Isn’t free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution? Can your views cost you your job, career or property? Don’t look now but it’s happening. Views considered “too…

Race and freedom: Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling and Freedom of Speech

Cliven Bundy should be happy for the public revelation of the private comments of fellow racist Donald Sterling; the latter has replaced the former as the person Americans most love to hate. These two bigots recently spewed racial hatred: Bundy…

Possible carcinogen in Subway bread highlights need for stricter food regulations

A Subway sandwich shop logo is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York February 14, 2014. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri) Last week, Subway, the nationwide chain of sandwich shops, announced it would remove from its baked breads a possible carcinogen also…