Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger is in a stable condition after undergoing emergency open-heart surgery, celebrity news website TMZ reported Friday. The 70-year-old actor turned activist was in a Los Angeles hospital Thursday to have a catheter valve replaced and developed complications, the gossip portal said, citing unnamed Schwarzenegger sources.
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David Fox on Nashville’s Special Election for Mayor: ‘I Have Decided Not to Run’
In a statement posted on Facebook Thursday, businessman David Fox announced he has decided not to run for Nashville Mayor in the upcoming special election to replace Megan Barry, to whom he lost in a runoff in 2015. “While I would like to run and would love to be mayor…
Read MoreIf Big Box Stores Are Dying Off, What Do We Do with All the Boxes?
My memory of Toys ‘R’ Us now consists mostly of big empty boxes. While I don’t remember many of the toys I got at Christmas as a child, the image of clumps of wrapping paper and piles of discarded cardboard is forever imprinted in my brain. Now, Toys ‘R’ Us…
Read MoreHarvard Legal Icon Doubts Pardon-Obstruction Narrative
Famed Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz disputed a Democratic senator’s contention Thursday that a reported pardon discussion involving President Donald Trump’s lawyer amounts to “textbook” obstruction of justice. The New York Times reported Wednesday that John Dowd, who then was representing the president in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation…
Read MoreDonald Trump Says He’s Had Concerns with Amazon’s Business Model Prior to the Election
President Trump said Thursday that he’s had concerns with Amazon’s business model long before running for president. “I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing…
Read MoreMeet the Clinton Charity They Didn’t Want You to Know About
Though much has been said concerning the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, analysts have not trained enough attention yet on another tax-exempt organization the Clintons control, The Clinton Family Foundation. Unlike the better known charity started almost 21 years ago as an archive and research center for presidential records…
Read More#ProLifeWalkout Puts ‘Tolerance’ to the Test
When “March For Our Lives” student protesters won a get-out-of-class free card from school administrators and teachers who thought the calling to curb gun rights was more important than math and science and history, the right wondered: Hmm, how come these kids can’t protest on their own free time? Good…
Read MoreOur Favorite Products with Absurd Medicinal Histories
When men were men and sodas were cocaine-laced nerve tonics. Mmm medicine. PxHere Before they were staples in your fridge or household supply cabinet, many ordinary products were used in extraordinary (and often totally absurd) medical contexts. The most popular example is Coca-Cola, which was first brewed on March 29,…
Read MoreClassy, Dignified, Substantive Jeb Bush Attacks 12-year-old Barron Trump
Jeb Bush, the man who was supposed to be the Republican nominee for president in 2016 until his birth-right was stolen from him by the crass, vulgar and despicable Donald Trump, has taken his psychological obsession with his own failure to a new low… he has attacked Trump’s 12-year-old son,…
Read MoreCarol Swain Commentary: Nashville Needs a Choice, Not an Echo, in Mayoral Election
Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” It is beginning to look like Nashvillians will have no real choice when they cast their August 2 ballots for the city’s next mayor. The closing date for candidates to file their papers is noon April 5, and, so…
Read MorePolicy Watchdog Asks Probe of Labor Board Member Over Leak
by Kevin Mooney Allegations that a member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly disclosed internal deliberations should be investigated, a Washington labor policy analyst says in a letter to the board’s inspector general. Board member Mark Gaston Pearce “allegedly discussed information from documents involving internal Board deliberations” at a meeting of the…
Read MoreDavid Shulkin Says His Stance Against Privatizing the VA Led to His Firing
Outgoing Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Thursday that he was fired because of his stance against privatizing the department. “I think that it’s essential for national security and for the country that we honor our commitment by having a strong VA. I was not against reforming VA, but I…
Read MoreJeff Hartline Commentary: Security for Me But None for Thee
by Jeff Hartline Most Americans bristle when the U.S. Congress passes laws for us, but exempt themselves from those same laws. Case in point: In 2009, under the leadership of Barack Obama, Democrats passed Obamacare, saddling Americans with massive increases in health insurance premiums or just loss of their…
Read MoreNew South Korean Trade Deal and Progress on Denuclearization in North Korea Proves Tariffs, Sanctions and Pressure Work
By Robert Romano In “The Art of the Deal,” President Donald Trump wrote: “Leverage: don’t make deals without it.” Three developments in the past week prove that President Trump’s approach to foreign affairs where he utilizes all the tools in his arsenal including tariffs, sanctions, and overall pressure — are…
Read MoreCommentary: The Demands of Antifa and the Original Fascists Have a Lot in Common
by Antony Mueller A ghastly phantom has descended upon America: the specter of anti-capitalism. Young people march behind the socialist bandwagon and some activists block free speech as members of a group called “Antifa”. This “anti-fascist” movement engages in militant protests and does not shrink from using violence. As…
Read MoreRandy Boyd Declines to Endorse Marsha Blackburn for U.S. Senate
Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd appeared on WNWS Radio in Jackson, TN Thursday to talk about a variety of issues, including the need for more focus on West Tennessee economic development. Boyd is former Tennessee Commissioner of Economic Development and noted that he is a 7th generation Tennessean with…
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