To express pride in his 70-year-old physique, Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera Tweeted a photo of himself without a shirt on Sunday morning, July 21. The Twitterverse was aghast. The photo, a sideways image showing the Fox Newser in his bathroom
As an example of how the new “Common Core” math system will work, a curriculum director recently noted that even if kids get the wrong mathematical result, as long they can “explain” how they arrived at their answer, then that
There is no doubt that the U.S. economy has been struggling for five years and that upcoming burdens such as Obamacare will not make things better for the private sector. But on the bright side, there is reason to think
Illinois State Representative Monique Davis is blaming the Chicago Police Department for the high number of killings in the Windy City. She is not just blaming the CPD for bad policing, though. She wonders if the police are doing some
According to a review by Daniel C. Vock of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Stateline news service, state budgets could be hit hard with unfunded mandates should Congress pass the immigration bill currently being debated. Vock outlined several areas where state budgets will likely
In the wake of the new concealed carry law passed in Illinois, Chicago’s city fathers are adding more guns to the ban list and setting strict new rules for who can have a gun and what sort of guns they
In the wake of the “not guilty” verdict in the Florida trial of George Zimmerman for the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews felt the need to apologize for “all white people.” During the July 18 broadcast of
Bill Maher found a tough audience at the Tuesday, July 16 broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman, when he was met with boos for his delivery of some off color George Zimmerman jokes. The initial topic of discussion between the
The cover of the August issue of Rolling Stone magazine won’t feature a rock star or actor. Instead, on August 3, readers will find a full cover photo of Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The cover image is the
Chicago’s activist Catholic Priest, Father Michael Pfleger, took the occasion of the George Zimmerman trial to race to the streets to stir his flock, preparing them for “civil disobedience,” and leading a rally to decry the not guilty verdict reached
On July 14, close Obama adviser David Axelrod quickly resorted to Twitter to use the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial as a call for stricter gun control. In one Tweet, Axelrod issued the inflammatory claim that George
Now that the trial to determine whether or not he was guilty of a malicious murder is over, George Zimmerman’s lawyers are stepping up their lawsuit against NBC News for airing edited audio that allegedly made their client look like
With a recent tweet about Texas Democrat Wendy Davis, the Associated Press included an activist’s hashtag along with its tweet of the news. Davis, a Texas Democrat State Senator, made a name for herself at the end of June by
Washington D.C. is in desperate need of entry-level jobs and mega retailer Wal-Mart was ready to bring hundreds of such jobs to the Nation’s Capitol. But the city council decided to force a “living wage” requirement on the company despite
MSNBC is drawing fire for having aired a still photograph of Florida youth Trayvon Martin lying dead on the grass in the aftermath of his altercation with accused killer George Zimmerman. During MSNBC’s Thursday afternoon, July 11 on Tamron Hall’s
As Al Jazeera America prepares for its national debut, employees of Al Jazeera’s parent network are resigning in anger over the network’s “unprofessional” bias in favor of Egyptian President Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood. MEMRI.org, a website dedicated to translating
On Tuesday, Eloise Dilligard, a neighbor of accused shooter George Zimmerman, testified that after his encounter with teen Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman’s “nose was very disfigured” and his face was covered in blood immediately after the incident. The neighbor’s testimony supported Zimmerman’s claim
Billionaire left-wing activist George Soros is bankrolling the “nonpartisan” attacks on Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s new judicial selection plan, according to the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity. Two organizations in Kansas have led the charge against the Republican Governor’s
The Chicago Sun-Times has apologized for a headline pun used in reporting the Asiana Flight 214 airliner crash that seemed racist to some Asians. Asiana Flight 214 crashed in San Francisco on Saturday, June 6, but in its front page
A staffer for Michigan Congressman John Conyers (D) was arrested for bringing a concealed gun into a federal courthouse in Detroit but faced little by way of sanction or punishment as a result. Rep. John Conyers’ office manager, Betty Petrenz,
USA Today recently put a negative spin on Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s position about the Senate’s immigration reform bill. The paper characterized her point as an attempt to “kill the immigration overhaul,” yet her points were more nuanced than
Al Jazeera America has landed another member of the American media as Soledad O’Brien joins the foreign-owned cable network that is set to debut later this year. O’Brien formerly worked at CNN but was let go by the network last March after
On the weekend following the pair of U.S. Supreme Court rulings concerning same-sex marriage, search engine Bing highlighted the decisions and several nationwide pride parades by featuring a full-screen image of the gay pride rainbow flag. Google has made itself famous
Todd Starnes of Fox News reports that Facebook blocked his postings because he posted support for the National Rifle Association (NRA), Paula Deen, Chick-Fil-A, and Jesus on his page. The blocked comment was a snarky commentary on several news stories.
Texas State Senator Wendy Davis made a name for herself at the end of June by launching a filibuster on the floor of the state senate to stop new regulations on abortion. Now she is warning Governor Rick Perry to
