Print Benjamin Chance Read Full Bio WSJ Columnist Labels Obama 'President Asterisk' Comparing the unfair advantage of the IRS's targeting conservative groups to professional athletes taking illegal steroids, James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal believes Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign deserves the mark frequently associated with sports's most dubious record breakers: the asterisk. (Roger Maris not included) 20 May 2013 Exclusive: George W. Bush Gives Veteran 'Ultimate Halftime Speech' As thousands of out-of-town guests arrived by car and plane in Dallas, Texas for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, one Marine Corps veteran, Brendan O’Toole, arrived by a less conventional route. So unconventional, as it happened, that several people wanted to learn more. And among those interested in hearing about the circumstances leading up to O’Toole’s arrival was none other than President George W. Bush. 14 May 2013 CNN.com Reporter Confronts RG III over Redskins Name: 'Racist or Not?' CNN.com reporter Moni Basu took an opportunity last week to confront and challenge Robert Griffin III, the Washington Redskins quarterback who had tweeted about “the tyranny of political correctness,” with a set of race-related questions. 6 May 2013 D.C. Council Member Wants Name Change: 'Hail to the Redtails' D.C. City Council may soon take its turn to “officially” run with a familiar beltway political football: the Washington Redskins “name change” issue. While “Hail to the Redtails” is likely to become the most requested tune on the politically correct jukebox, a “non-scientific user poll” included in The Washington Post article, would appear to indicate a strong aversion to the remix. 2 May 2013 Al Jazeera Pursues Larger Share of U.S. Sports Market Al Jazeera, the Qatar-financed media network which in January bought Al Gore’s Current TV, now is interested in acquiring the Tennis Channel. 24 Apr 2013 Top Winter Athletes 'Urge' Climate Action from Obama: 'Reject' Keystone Pipeline Alarmed by “human-caused” warming, 75 Winter Olympic and X-Game athletes sent President Barack Obama a letter last week “asking” for executive action. Specifically, they requested the president to: 1) “Issue standards under the Clean Air Act that cut carbon pollution from America’s aging power plant – at least 25 percent by 2020,” and 2) “Reject the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline.” 20 Apr 2013 PETA to Police 'Slob' Hunters with Drones Recreational hunters be warned because according to the People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals (PETA), the far-left group “is planning to acquire a drone...to spy on hunters and catch them in the act as they terrorize animals and break game laws.” 9 Apr 2013 Release the Drones: PETA Plans to Spy from the Sky on 'Slob' Hunters Recreational hunters be warned. According to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the far-left group “is planning to acquire a drone...to spy on hunters and catch them in the act as they terrorize animals and break game laws.” In a statement released Monday, the group said: “PETA aims to collect video footage of any illegal activity, including drinking while in the possession of a firearm...maiming animals and failing to pursue them so that they die slowly and painfully...” 9 Apr 2013 Sandy Hook Referenced as reason to Ban Dodge Ball Stephanie Wimmer, a Windham, New Hampshire School Board member who voted recently to implement a district-wide ban on “human target games” (dodgeball), could have used innumerable examples to rationalize her decision, but instead chose to evoke a national tragedy: Sandy Hook. 2 Apr 2013 Rep. Files Bill to 'Pressure' Redskins Name Change A House Democrat on Wednesday offered a “solution” to the Redskins name change controversy: The Non-Disparagement of American Indians in Trademark Registrations Act of 2013. According to The Hill, the legislation “would prevent the term ‘Redskins’ from being trademarked” and is “a move intended to put pressure on the Washington football club to change its name.” 22 Mar 2013 Previous 1 2 3 Next
WSJ Columnist Labels Obama 'President Asterisk' Comparing the unfair advantage of the IRS's targeting conservative groups to professional athletes taking illegal steroids, James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal believes Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign deserves the mark frequently associated with sports's most dubious record breakers: the asterisk. (Roger Maris not included) 20 May 2013
Exclusive: George W. Bush Gives Veteran 'Ultimate Halftime Speech' As thousands of out-of-town guests arrived by car and plane in Dallas, Texas for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, one Marine Corps veteran, Brendan O’Toole, arrived by a less conventional route. So unconventional, as it happened, that several people wanted to learn more. And among those interested in hearing about the circumstances leading up to O’Toole’s arrival was none other than President George W. Bush. 14 May 2013
CNN.com Reporter Confronts RG III over Redskins Name: 'Racist or Not?' CNN.com reporter Moni Basu took an opportunity last week to confront and challenge Robert Griffin III, the Washington Redskins quarterback who had tweeted about “the tyranny of political correctness,” with a set of race-related questions. 6 May 2013
D.C. Council Member Wants Name Change: 'Hail to the Redtails' D.C. City Council may soon take its turn to “officially” run with a familiar beltway political football: the Washington Redskins “name change” issue. While “Hail to the Redtails” is likely to become the most requested tune on the politically correct jukebox, a “non-scientific user poll” included in The Washington Post article, would appear to indicate a strong aversion to the remix. 2 May 2013
Al Jazeera Pursues Larger Share of U.S. Sports Market Al Jazeera, the Qatar-financed media network which in January bought Al Gore’s Current TV, now is interested in acquiring the Tennis Channel. 24 Apr 2013
Top Winter Athletes 'Urge' Climate Action from Obama: 'Reject' Keystone Pipeline Alarmed by “human-caused” warming, 75 Winter Olympic and X-Game athletes sent President Barack Obama a letter last week “asking” for executive action. Specifically, they requested the president to: 1) “Issue standards under the Clean Air Act that cut carbon pollution from America’s aging power plant – at least 25 percent by 2020,” and 2) “Reject the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline.” 20 Apr 2013
PETA to Police 'Slob' Hunters with Drones Recreational hunters be warned because according to the People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals (PETA), the far-left group “is planning to acquire a drone...to spy on hunters and catch them in the act as they terrorize animals and break game laws.” 9 Apr 2013
Release the Drones: PETA Plans to Spy from the Sky on 'Slob' Hunters Recreational hunters be warned. According to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the far-left group “is planning to acquire a drone...to spy on hunters and catch them in the act as they terrorize animals and break game laws.” In a statement released Monday, the group said: “PETA aims to collect video footage of any illegal activity, including drinking while in the possession of a firearm...maiming animals and failing to pursue them so that they die slowly and painfully...” 9 Apr 2013
Sandy Hook Referenced as reason to Ban Dodge Ball Stephanie Wimmer, a Windham, New Hampshire School Board member who voted recently to implement a district-wide ban on “human target games” (dodgeball), could have used innumerable examples to rationalize her decision, but instead chose to evoke a national tragedy: Sandy Hook. 2 Apr 2013
Rep. Files Bill to 'Pressure' Redskins Name Change A House Democrat on Wednesday offered a “solution” to the Redskins name change controversy: The Non-Disparagement of American Indians in Trademark Registrations Act of 2013. According to The Hill, the legislation “would prevent the term ‘Redskins’ from being trademarked” and is “a move intended to put pressure on the Washington football club to change its name.” 22 Mar 2013
Another big protest as Brazilians lament high cost of living, lack of good public services18 Jun 2013