Terrorist Bombing Strikes Brussels Airport: What We Know : The Two-Way : NPR

Hide captionPassengers are evacuated from Zaventem Bruxelles International Airport after a terrorist bombing earlier today in Brussels, Belgium. END CLASS=”IMAGECAPTION” END CLASS=”HSLIDE” END CLASS=”AUX” END CLASS=”HSLIDEWRAP” Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images END CLASS=”PHOTOCREDIT” Hide captionIn this image provided by Daniela Schwarzer, smoke is seen at the Brussels Airport after explosions were heard Tuesday. At least 15 people…

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Democrats, you can’t vote for Hillary: The case for writing in Bernie Sanders If Hillary Clinton is the nominee – Salon.com

Between Iraq and Afghanistan, there are up to 400,000 Americans who’ve suffered traumatic brain injuries from battling IED’s and other aspects of American counterinsurgency wars. In addition to the untold human suffering from these traumatic brain injuries, RAND states “Estimates of the total one-year societal cost of the roughly 2,700 cases of traumatic brain injury…

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Donald Trump: ‘My hands are normal hands’ – The Washington Post

Donald Trump (EPA/GARY CORONADO/POOL)   Fifty-two minutes into Donald Trump’s discussion of weighty issues with The Washington Post’s editorial board came an interlude about his hands. “Normal,” the Republican presidential front-runner insisted. “Strong.” “Good size.” “Great.” “Fine.” “Slightly large, actually.” Trump was asked whether he regretted talking about the size of his hands — and making an unmistakable allusion…

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At AIPAC, Clinton Attacks One Race-Baiting Demagogue, Invites Another to the White House

Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Speaking today at the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the largest and most influential organization in the so-called Israel lobby, likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton drew a sharp contrast between her own position on the American-Israeli relationship and that of another politician whose more realist approach…

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My Trump Tweets Earned Me So Many Anti-Semitic Haters That I Bought a Gun – Opinion – Forward.com

As any high-profile Twitter user with a Jewish-sounding last name can tell you, the surest way to see anti-Semitism flood your mentions column is to tweet something negative about Donald Trump. My anti-Trump tweets have been met with such terrifying and profound anti-Semitism that I bought a gun earlier this month. Over the coming weeks,…

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The Economist lists Donald Trump winning election as a global risk

By Kai Ryssdal March 17, 2016 | 4:20 PM Embed Code Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally at Lenoir-Rhyne University March 14, 2016 in Hickory, North Carolina. The North Carolina Republican primary will be held March 15. – (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) From the Economist Intelligence Unit the top 10 global risks….

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