Dan Calabrese
Articles by Dan Calabrese:
Apple: Latest target of Carl Levin's outrageously outraged outrage
By DAN CALABRESE - Jerk. (Editor's note: This column also appears in today's Detroit News.) If I wasn’t a nice guy, I might think it would be fun to have Senator Carl Levin’s job. You sit up on raised podium, act high and mighty, wave your arms, look down your nose at people (which is why your glasses ... continue reading
Obama team not exactly going all out to capture Benghazi attackers
By DAN CALABRESE - Stand down. Far from their insistence that they are pulling out all the stops to capture the Benghazi attackers, Fox News sources say they're actually dragging their feet because they are determined to try the attackers in civilian courts, and they don't have enough evidence as of now to get a ... continue reading
Don't be fooled: So-called shrinking deficit means nothing
By DAN CALABRESE - Debt still rises. The Washington political class is mired in a troika of scandals, but they are pretty excited at the moment about one thing. The federal budget deficit, which has exceeded $1 trillion every year of Barack Obama's presidency, is now said to be "rapidly declining" and is ... continue reading
Please don't squeeze: Tough to find toilet paper in socialist Venezuela
By DAN CALABRESE - Two-ply trouble. You can't take it sitting down when things go wrong in the workers' paradise. Venezuela is experiencing a shortage of toilet paper, which the socialist government is attempting to blame on the media. Now I know the media produces a lot of crap, but come on. The Week reports: ... continue reading
Magistrate who OKd warrant against James Rosen was previously criticized on Fox News
By DAN CALABRESE - Agendas. When the Obama Justice Department wanted to get a warrant so they could read the e-mails and review the phone records of Fox News reporter James Rosen, they went to U.S. Magistrate Alan Kay, who granted the warrant on the basis of the DOJ's claim that Rosen may have been guilty of ... continue reading
Oklahoma: Perspective from people who lose everything
By DAN CALABRESE - Gratitude. Yesterday we all watched with heavy hearts as an entire town was destroyed. In Moore, Oklahoma, we're told that as many as 3,500 homes were flattened by the massive tornado that swept through the town, while the deaths of as many as 30 children at one elementary school broke the ... continue reading
LIVE VIDEO: Oklahoma City tornado coverage
By DAN CALABRESE - Pray. Horrible events in Oklahoma City this afternoon, as a massive tornado struck the city - said at one point to be two-and-a-half miles wide. We don't know yet if there were casualties but this sounds really bad. We're going to go ahead and embed live video coverage via Yahoo! and ABC News ... continue reading
Climate scientists: OK, so global warming will be slower than we thought
By DAN CALABRESE - But trust them, it will still turn out exactly as they've always said. They're scientists! Important to be clear here: The ABC News we're quoting is from Australia, so Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopolous haven't decided to start taking the truth seriously. But the people behind this story ... continue reading