After First Lady Michelle Obama accidentally referred to herself as a “busy single mother,” talk radio host Mark Levin found himself noticing some “odd” things about the first family. Namely that President Obama appears to spend a lot of time away from his family, even when he doesn’t necessarily have to. Why, Levin asked, “are… Read more »
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Housing has been booming! Construction jobs haven’t. Here’s why.
Here are two numbers that anybody who wants to understand the job market should look at: Builders started work on 27.7 percent more homes in February than they did a year earlier. Yet the number of construction jobs in the United States was only 2.9 percent higher, year-over-year. Housing is finally coming back. But the… Read more »
Cars in the U.S. are more fuel-efficient than ever. Here’s why.
We’ve noted before that cars and trucks in the United States have become far more fuel-efficient in recent years — thanks to high gasoline prices and strict new vehicle standards. Indeed, that’s one of the reasons why U.S. oil imports have plummeted. But a new report (pdf) from the Environmental Protection Agency offers the most… Read more »
Fox News’s Shep Smith Grouses Catholic Church ‘Exclude[s] Half the Population’; ‘Why Can’t a Woman Be Cardinal?’ He Asks Priest
With thick, black smoke pouring out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals had not elected a new pope on their first ballot, Fox News Channel's Shep Smith took to the air at 3:15 p.m. EDT to grill Catholic priest and Fox News contributor Fr. Jonathan Morris on the… Read more »