America

When president Obama spoke in Cuba earlier today, he dedicated about one minute to address today's tragic events in Europe. He then spent the next several hours attending a baseball exhibition game in Cuba between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team. 

Perhaps responding to some righteous public indignation, this is how Obama explained his decision to disregard what is happening in Europe, and to enjoy himself while chaos and tragedy reigned across the Atlantic:

Ross Douthat, continuing to crack the whip hard on Republicans who won’t stand up to Trump, and thereby are complicit in handing over the GOP to Trump:

A video from gossip site TMZ.com filmed in January is suddenly going viral again. In the short clip, Monica Lewinsky is seen leaving Los Angele’s famous Chateau Marmont hotel during Golden Globes Week in January of this year. While Lewinsky is getting into her car, a reporter asks: “Monica! Will you be voting for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election?” Lewinsky barely makes eye contact with anyone and refuses to answer the reporter’s question. Though, this is not the first time that Lewinsky has been asked about her feelings on Hillary Clinton’s current presidential bid.

Submitted by Michael Snyder via The End Of The American Dream blog,

Submitted by Boyd Roddy of the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation

Globus Medical’s Inside Job

Last February spinal orthopedic device maker Globus Medical purchased Branch Medical Group, a key supplier and contract manufacturing operation based just three miles away from its Audubon, Pa. headquarters.

The BMG deal was announced on the same day Globus released fourth quarter and 2014 earnings and little attention was paid to what looked like another instance of a high-profile, larger company merging with a small, privately-held one.