TMB: End of American Military Dominance‏ and More

End of American Military Dominance
By Bill GertzPresident Barack Obama will sharply cut ships, aircraft, and troops as part of a major reduction of U.S. military forces that will face even steeper downsizing in 2016, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced on Monday.
 


Austerity Has Lost Its Meaning
By The EditorsAusterity. The media keeps using that word. We do not think it means what they think it means. If it means anything. In America today austerity means whatever liberals want it to mean.


 
The Lawless South
By CJ CiaramellaGRANTS PASS, Ore.—On the evening of Oct. 30, 2013, a car traveling down a highway south of Cave Junction struck and killed Jarred Houston, 21, and Robert Calvin, 41. Four months later, their case remains unsolved.


 
Cloud Computing Costs for Healthcare.gov More than Quintuple Original Estimates
By Elizabeth HarringtonThe federal government will spend more than five times the originally contracted amount for computing cloud software, according to government contracts released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
 

House Holds ‘Stop Government Abuse Week’
By Elizabeth HarringtonHouse Republicans will push a series of bills this week in an effort to curb abuse and increase transparency in the federal government.


 

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Officials Meet in Iran to Discuss Concert
By Alana GoodmanThe Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra sent a representative to Iran this week as part of an exploratory trip aimed at arranging the first official U.S. orchestra concert in Iran since the fall of the Shah.
 

Five Most Ridiculous House of Cards Season 2 Subplots (Spoilers)
By Sonny BunchThe first season of House of Cards wasn’t terribly realistic—as I’ve long argued, if you want a realistic look at life on Capitol Hill and the White House, you’re better off watching the bumblers who inhabit Veep—but it at least had some grounding in reality.

The Kerry-Yanukovich Phonecall
By Andrew StilesThe Washington Free Beacon has obtained* the transcript of a conversation that took place sometime over the weekend between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and ousted Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovich…
 


The Worst of Piers Morgan

By David RutzPiers Morgan Live, the CNN primetime interview show hosted by British gun control advocate Piers Morgan, is being canceled, ending a three-year run of ratings ineptitude.