Space Colonies: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

SpaceX's Elon Musk claims 'progress' for Mars colony goal with reusable rockets

Sarah Palin Weighs in on Hillary Clinton's Brain

The incomparable Sarah Palin has weighed in on the whole Hillary Clinton brain injury kerfuffle. Clearly, she suggests, it is out of bounds to make inquiries or make snarky remarks about a woman politician's health.

Send Rambo to Rescue the Nigerian School Girls

The latest Hollywood people to jump onto the hashtag activism bandwagon are some of the cast of "The Expendables 3," including Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, who flashed signs with "#BringBackOurGirls" on them on the red carpet at Cannes.

Michelle Nunn, Candidate for Senate, Flubs Obamacare Question

One of the questions that every Democrat running for the House or Senate is being forced to answer is, "Would you have voted for Obamacare?" Michelle Nunn, candidate for the Senate in Georgia, is refusing to answer, according to Hot Air.

NASA's Charles Bolden claims the ISS can work without Russia

Now Camels Are Considered Racist

Proving once again that the grievance culture on too many American college campuses has gotten out of hand, one has to turn to the story of the University of St. Thomas at St. Paul and the camel.

Sarah Palin Causes Outrageous Outrage Over Gun Gift Tweet

On one recent episode of her Sportsman Channel show, "Amazing America," Sarah Palin visited a gun manufacturer that produces, among other things, a left handed AR 15, favorite of hunters and home defenders.

How to Repeal and Replace Obamacare and Why Democrats Could Go for It

It has been conventional wisdom among many Washington elites that Obamacare, all devouring monster that it has become, has become inevitable and would be repealed only at the peril of the Republicans who propose it.

NASA takes one small step for a robotic lunar lander

Conservative pundit demands Ted Cruz resign as vice chair of the NRSC

How the Luna Wash Could Make the Washer, Dryer, and Laundromat Obsolete

45 years ago The Flight of Apollo 10

NASA revives Kepler space telescope using solar wind to stabilize it

The Great Society 50 Years On

George Will not so much commemorates but laments the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's speech in which he first proposed that slew of social welfare programs that have become known as "the Great Society."

Is Julian Castro the Great Hispanic Hope for the Democrats?

The New York Times is hyperventilating about the impeding nomination by President Obama of Julian Castro, mayor of San Antonio, to become secretary of HUD. This surely has implications for the 2016 presidential race.

How Moshe Dayan was Barred from Speaking on an American College Campus Nearly 40 Years Ago

There has been a lot of news about campus protest against speakers that a minority of what might be charitable described as thugs find unacceptable. Condi Rice being disinvited from Rutgers University is one of the latest examples.

Russian rocket engine embargo could benefit Elon Musk's SpaceX

On the Smooch Seen Around the World

George Takei, the actor best known as playing Lt. Sulu on "Star Trek," who now doubles as a gay activist, ruminates on the "kiss seen round the world" in which first openly gay pro football player Michael Sam smooched his lover on national TV.

Will the VA Scandal 'Engulf' the Obama Administration?

The Financial Times speculates that the VA scandal may be the one that will finally "engulf" the Obama administration. Considering that even Democrats are taking this one seriously, that is a defensible position to take.

Hillary Clinton Condemns the Obama Economy in a Prototype Campaign Speech

The Washington Examiner's Byron York took notice of a speech Hillary Clinton made at the New America Foundation in which she damned President Obama with faint praise and condemned the economy he has presided over these past five years.

Japanese company to launch first drink product to the moon

Russia to boost spending, seek China partnership for its space program

Why Harry Reid Wants to Destroy the First Amendment

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and some of his fellow senate Democrats would like to destroy the First Amendment of the Constitution to stop the Koch brothers. Byron York of the Washington Examiner suggests that they are quite serious.

Accusations of Politically Inspired Suppression of Climate Skeptic Research

A new piece in the Times of London tells a story of politically motivated suppression of science that indicates once again how political global warming, or climate change, or climate disruption or whatever it is now being called has become.

India Elects Its Own Reagan

India, the world's largest democracy, has finished a marathon election process that that has led to the fall of the ruling Congress Party and the election of a free market supporter named Narendra Modi.

The latest Vampire Gabriella story is now out:

Congress demands answers from NASA concerning Russian space station eviction

Do We Want to Go to Mars or Not?

The recent Humans 2 Mars conference that was held at George Washington University contained a lot of high faulting rhetoric about how sending astronauts to Mars in about 20 years would not only be wonderful, but will actually be necessary for the long term survival of the human race. This may well be, but according to the metric that counts more than anything, that being money that is actually being spent on the project, the government is not being very serious about saving the human race.

A petition circulated to start a Lunar COTS program.

Lunar COTS (LCOTS) is a term to describe a public-private funding approach for the development of a infrastructure based upon the use of lunar polar ice to facilitate transportation throughout cis-lunar space. It would be the logical follow-on approach to NASA's current commercial partnership programs. By helping to establish such a commercial infrastructure, the sustainable, permanent opening and settlement of the solar system can be achieved.

Seems like a good idea to me.

Rush Limbaugh is Now a Best Selling, Award Winning Children's Book Author

It looks like Rush Limbaugh can add the title of award winning children's book author to his vast resume. He has become "Author of the Year" as the result of winning the 2014 Children's and Teen Choice Book contest.

Is the New York Times' Firing of Jill Abramson Part of the War on Women?

Jill Abramson being fired as executive editor of the New York Times is currently the talk of the Internet. The incident that led to her sacking is unclear. The fact is that the first female executive editor of the Times has been let go after only three years.

Ridley Scott eyes director's chair for 'The Martian' film

SpaceX's Elon Musk's Political Support Takes a Turn to the Right

Elon Musk, the celebrity entrepreneur who made his fortune by founding Paypal and is now the CEO of such companies such as SpaceX and Telsa has had his critics, but not it appears that he is being attacked from the left.

Bipartisan Support for Benghazi Investigation Complicates Hillary Clinton's Life

The spin that the House Benghazi select committee is nothing but a Republican witch hunt took a hit when two Democrats at the center of the scandal lent their support to the investigation.

Ben Sasse's Nebraska Win Shows Tea Party Not Dead Yet

Last week, the tea party was considered dead and buried thanks to the victory of the so-called establishment candidate for the United States Senate in North Carolina. Ben Sasse's win in Nebraska proves that pronouncement was premature.

Ted Cruz to visit the Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Israel

Russia to evict NASA from the International Space Station in 2020

ABC Renews 'Marvel: Agents of SHIELD' Greenlights 'Marvel's Agent Carter'

NASA's Charles Bolden downplays private sector space exploration

On Benghazi, Eleanor Cliff is Still Ranting After All These Years

When I heard the Eleanor Cliff claimed that Ambassador Chris Stevens had not been murdered but "died of smoke inhalation" the first thought that occurred was wonderment that she is actually still around.

Wendy Davis Plays the Cancer Victim Card Against Greg Abbott in Texas Governor's Race

The Washington Free Beacon is reporting that Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis, a candidate for governor of the Lone Star State, has decided to play the cancer victim card against her Republican opponent, state Attorney General Greg Abbott.

Karl Rove Suggests Hillary Clinton May Be Brain Damaged

Karl Rove, a former advisor to President George W. Bush and currently a pundit and political activist, stunned an audience at a conference recently by suggesting that Hillary Clinton may have sustained a brain injury.

'MIssion Control' sitcom to feature a woman of Apollo

Farewell to 'The Crazy Ones'

From time to time, a network decides to cancel one's favorite show, causing annoyance, withdraws, and occasionally campaigns to bring the said show back in some form. A case in point is Robin Williams' "The Crazy Ones."

The Advent of Internet Self-Esteem Activism

While the Daily Caller notes the hypocrisy of Hollywood getting up in arms about the Beverly Hills Hotel being owned by the Sultan of Brunei, George Will condemns that so-called hash tag activism campaign to free the Nigerian school girls.

Republicans May Prosper by Opposing Big Business Subsidies

The Washington Examiner notes that Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah has hit upon a strategy that allows Republicans to cut the federal budget while painting the Democrats as tools of big business and themselves as champions of the free market.

NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio gives a graduation speech from space

Is the Tea Party Attracting More African Americans?

Star Parker suggests that pronouncements of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. As proof, she points to a Pew Research poll that suggests that 17 percent of African Americans are leaning toward voting Republican in the 2014 midterms.

Will 'Blazing Saddles' Be Condemned as a Racist Movie?

2014 is the 40th anniversary of one of the funniest and one dare say profane movies ever to make it to the big screen. That would be, of course, "Blazing Saddles," the hit movie by Mel Brooks which could never be made in these politically correct times.

Hillary Clinton Refused to Designate Boko Haram a Terrorist Group

Powerline delves into and interesting question is that is likely to bedevil a certain once and possibly future presidential candidate. Why did the State Department not designate Boko Haram as an official terrorist group?

Calls for private sector involvement in Russian moon base

Why Obama's Latest Climate Disruption (aka Global Warming) Gambit Won't Work

One of the latest gambits coming from the White House to try to distract people from the bad economy, the ravages of Obamacare, and various foreign policy disasters is to issue a report to try to scare people about the crisis formerly known as global warming.

Nancy Pelosi's Nuanced (For Her) Approach to Benghazi

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is being what for her is somewhat nuanced on the Benghazi select committee. She wants it made perfectly clear that the whole thing is a sham and a farce and Democrats will not participate.

How the Politics of Keystone XL Continues to Weigh Down Mary Landrieu

As a possible vote to force approval on the Keystone XL pipeline is starting to look iffy in the Senate, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana's prospects for reelection are starting to look iffy as well, as the New York Times reports.

'Gotham': A Cop Show Before the Advent of Batman

Russia to shoot for the moon

Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst Gets Ron Paul Endorsement

Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is locked in a primary runoff battle with State Sen. Dan Patrick. Dewhurst, thanks apparently to some adroit maneuvering, has won the endorsement of one former Rep. Ron Paul.

'The Americans' Takes on the Nuclear Freeze Movement

In the most recent episode of "The Americans," that wonderful FX series about a pair of deep cover Soviet KGB agents, there is a scene that suggests that the show is going to take on the nuclear freeze movement.

How the Nigerian School Girl Incident Undermines Hillary Clinton

Boko Haram has, if nothing else, made a name for itself by kidnapping school girls into sexual bondage and otherwise committing mass murder and mayhem in remote Nigeria. But it seems that there is a reason the group has snuck up on the world stage.

House NASA spending bill has language concerning asteroid, Mars flyby missions

Scandal: Vets Wait Twice as Long in VA Hospital ERs as Civilians in Regular ERs

The Washington Times is reporting that yet another example of the perils of government run health care has cropped up in the form of veterans having to wait twice as long in VA hospital ERs as civilians do in regular ERs.

Hollywood Discovers, Belatedly, that There is Islamist Fascism

A strange thing has occurred in Hollywood, that home to extreme left wing politics. Some celebrities have discovered that there really is such a thing as Islamist fascism, according to a piece in the Washington Times.

FEC Chairman Warns About the Drive to Regulate Conservative Media

Lee E. Goodman, the current head of the Federal Election Commission, has a bone chilling warning that government bureaucrats are casting about for excuses to rein in the growing power of conservative media.

The 'Godzilla Methodology' for Resolving the East China Sea Conflict

Can an Artifical Intelligent Computer Be Made Safe for Humanity?

Former NASA chief Mike Griffin supports 2021 Mars/Venus flyby mission

White House Climate Disruption Report Perverts Science for Political Purposes

The Obama administration has released a report that announces that the crisis formally known as global warming and then climate change and now known as climate disruption is real and government must be grown to deal with it.

Monica Lewinsky Rises like an Unquiet Ghost

Like an unquiet ghost, Monica Lewinsky, whose high school-like fling with President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office made the late 1990s so entertaining, has arisen once again to try to explain herself and to take a shot at Hillary Clinton.

Find the Nigerian School Girls, Rescue Them. And Kill Their Bobo Haram Captors

Americans, almost 13 years into the War on Terror, are understandably weary of foreign intervention. However a group of Islamists thugs kidnapping Nigerian school girls have provided a reason for one such that all can get behind.

NASA, French cast doubt on SpaceX reusable rocket project

Joni Ernst Rides Up to a Shooting Range on Her Harley, Takes Aim at Obamacare

Joni Ernst, wife, mom, far girl, veteran, and candidate for United States Senate from the great state of Iowa, continues to amaze and delight. Her latest campaign ad has her riding up to a shooting range on her Harley.

Obamacare Kills Romneycare

Back during the 2012 election campaign when Mitt Romney was arguing against Obamacare, the rejoinder was that it was inspired by the former Massachusetts governor's own health care reform law, popularly known as Romneycare.

With the Return of '24' Jack Bauer is Back and Terrorists Better Beware

When "24" was in its eight season run, its main character, super operative Jack Bauer, was both celebrated and reviled for his willingness to do what it took to take down terrorists. Baptize by waterboarding? That is Jack being restrained.

Grant and Lee Clash Again at the Battle of Spotsylvania April 8-21, 1864

NASA moves to commercialize Kennedy Space Center space shuttle landing strip

How a Possible Diabetes Cure May Pay for Over 50 Years of NASA Spending

A recent story in the National Review suggests that a cure for diabetes may be drawing nigh thanks to a long ago physics experiment conducted on the space shuttle Challenger. It casts money spent on NASA programs in an interesting light.

Russia's Putin Conducting Disinformation Campaign Against Fracking

Back when the Soviet Union was still in full bloom, its government was the master of a strategy known as disinformation. Much of the 1980s nuclear freeze movement could be linked to this strategy, for example.

Democrats Mull IRS, Benghazi Obstruction and Stonewalling Strategy

The Washington Times suggests that House Democrats have a conundrum concerning the IRS and Benghazi scandals. Should they go along with Republicans demands for investigations or should they obfuscate and stonewall?

SyFy Channel to Produce 'Pax Romana' a Time Traveling Miniseries

What was the Real Reason Condi Rice was Hounded Off Rutgers Campus

As Twitchy notes, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was forced to withdraw as the commencement speaker at Rutgers University by a small group of student and faculty protestors who called her a "war criminal."

Why Obamacare May Be Unconstitutional After All

Those people who have declared Obamacare settled law of the land, inviolate (like prohibition and Jim Crow) and have commanded that opponents must move on, might want to read George Will's latest column and think again.

Why the Death Penalty is Still Necessary

| Recently a man in Oklahoma suffered a botched execution when a new drug meant to put him down malfunctioned, causing him to suffer before he expired from a heart attack. Naturally this has death penalty opponents running wild.

NASA microgravity research could lead to diabetes cure

Researchers create jet fuel from water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight

Andrew Jackson Latest American Hero to Be Reviled

The American Prospect notes that President Andrew Jackson, the victor of the Battle of New Orleans, and Democratic Party hero had a somewhat darker side because of his role in the Trail of Tears.

The Global Warming Hysterics Are Scaring the Bejesus Out of Our Kids

The Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail notes that young people are suffering from anxiety thanks to climate change doomsday hysteria. This suggests to skeptics that global warming hysterics are engaged in a form of child abuse.

With the House Select Committee Benghazi Finally Becomes Serious

It looks like that the House is going to form a select committee to delve into the Benghazi massacre and along to way to answer former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's infamous question, "What difference does it make?"

My nephew-in-law just soloed for the first time as part of his Air Force pilot's training in a T 6 Texan. A regular eagle he is.

New 'club sandwich' model of Ganymede has implications for life

Should We Have Tried a Rescue Mission at Benghazi?

Should the American military at least tried to rescue the Americans trapped at Benghazi? That was the implication of the testimony of retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Lovell before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

So What If John Kerry is Driven from Office?

The American Spectator poses the question, what if John Kerry resigns as secretary of state? A lot of people, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, have demanded that he do so because of his Israel apartheid state remarks.

Former Obama Staffer on Benghazi 'Dude that was Two Years Ago'

If there is any rule about being interviewed by a member of the media, whether it' s a local radio talk show host or a talking head of a major cable news network, it has to be never to call him "dude." Yet Tommy Vietor did just that to Fox News' Bret Baier.

Johns Hopkins Working on Drug that Could Eradicate Most Heart Disease

NASA picks Moon Express, Astrobotics, Masten Space Systems for lunar landers

NASA selects new prototype space suit design for testing

An Appeciation of Bob Hoskins

As CNN notes, the pudgy, menacing British actor Bob Hoskins has recently died at the age of 71, two years after he was obliged to retire from acting after a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

Obama Administration Rejects Russian Proposal to Curb European Missile Defense

The Washington Free Beacon is reporting that the administration has rejected out of hand Russian proposals that would further restrict missile defense systems in Europe, with the Ukraine crisis being cited as the reason.

Congress: Only Two Thirds Have Paid for Obamacare on the Federal Exchanges

Remember when President Obama thumped his chest and spiked the football, claiming that eight million people have signed up for Obamacare, thus claiming victory for the health care law? It seems that only two thirds have actually paid for it.