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Business With Mike: The August Jobs Report

The U.S. economy created 169,000 jobs in August (a slight miss), with the unemployment rate dropping to 7.3%. There were significant downward revisions to the June and July jobs reports, meaning less jobs were created than expected. The Labor Force Participation Rate dropped to 63.2%, a level not seen since 1978. More to come…

The PFoL Jack Nicholson Awards!

Is the great Jack Nicholson retiring from acting? Some say yes, others say no. He hasn’t been in a film since 2010 and perusing IMDB shows he has nothing in the works. It could just be he’s taking a break. When you’re an actor with three Oscars, you can do that. Despite the fact Nicholson’s …

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Obama’s Lies About Red Lines

There has been lots of talk about President Obama’s controversial “red line” comments in regards to taking action in Syria. Last month, the President said the following and has since gotten himself into a lot of hot water: “We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, …

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Taylor Swift, Jesus, and Racism

The year is 2013, and America has yet to near the kind of societal harmony Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed of 50 years ago. It seems that with each new scoop-of-the-week the narrative inevitably becomes, “Why does America hate us so much?” Whether it’s the black community, the gay community, women, or the even the …

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Rand Paul Takes on John Kerry in Senate’s Syria Hearing

Senator Rand Paul and Secretary of State John Kerry had quite the heated exchange during yesterday’s Senate hearing on Syria. Topics included the Constitution, the authority of the legislature versus that of the executive, and the potential to destabilize international relations by intervening in Syria.

Obama’s Syria Policy: Lawless Aggression In The Name Of The Greater Good

Observers of President Obama’s domestic policy have long discerned the Commander-In-Chief’s rather cavalier attitude towards the niceties of the following the process of the law. Whether it comes to delegating large swaths of executive branch authority to appointed “czars” (who, unlike regular Cabinet appointees, are not subject to congressional vetting and approval) or to simply …

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