Some people think that marriage is the most absurd institution ever invented by man. But those that think so are ignoring what is truly the most idiotic, paradoxically absurd practice in all of human history: government. Yeah, yeah, necessary evil
Like any good environmental science graduate, I take the bus to work. This morning, our driver dumped us out two miles before my usual stop. “The President,” he said, pointing to the police roadblock ahead. As I contemplated the irony
From Accuracy in Media‘s Allie Duzett: Although the Associated Press purports to be a news service, sometimes the articles it publishes read more like opinion pieces. Today, an article from the AP did just that. This “news” article was linked
Death threat sent to MADISON legislator This just out from the Associated Press, another breathtaking but predictable piece of sleight-of-hand dishonesty directed at Sarah Palin’s credibility: [Palin] said she was proud Wisconsin conservatives prevailed against union “hatred and violence” —
President Barack Obama sat down with Associated Press White House Correspondent Ben Feller in Chicago on Friday. Feller described the wide-ranging interview as ‘a conversation’ and one that ‘went really smoothly and really well.’
The Associated Press was very excited to learn that General Electric was going to return its $3.2 billion tax refund to the U.S. Treasury because the company was so embarrassed that it got such a giant refund this year. Why,
There are unwritten rules of engagement which create the fragile balance between Israel and Hamas. Over the last few weeks, Hamas has intentionally increased the flames. Little by little with longer range Grad rockets on Beer Sheva or Ashkelon, with
Speaker John Boehner of Ohio reacting to the sounds of the camera shutters begin his press conference Thursday with the question, “how many pictures of me in a suit do you need?” The answers is, Associated Press shot 519 frames.
The conspiratorial minded might be inclined to think this is why liberals like sending soldiers on overseas missions. The Associated Press reports: RALEIGH, N.C. — Most of the military personnel deployed from North Carolina bases during the U.S. Census were
Former AP photographer Ron Edmonds and former secret service agent Danny Spriggs, who now works for The Associated Press, talk about witnessing the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Hugo Chavez is getting a journalism award in Argentina. The Venezuelan leader regularly clashes with critical media, but the University of La Plata is giving him its Rodolfo Walsh Prize on Tuesday for what it
The Associated Press is reporting: SAN DIEGO — At first glance, the white van seemed full of clean-cut Marines in uniform — not necessarily an unusual sight near the Border Patrol’s desert checkpoint along Interstate 8 in eastern San Diego
The New York Times: Elizabeth Taylor, the actress who dazzled generations of moviegoers with her stunning beauty and whose name was synonymous with Hollywood glamour, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 79. The cause was congestive heart failure, her
From the Associated Press: Two years into its pledge to improve government transparency, the Obama administration took action on fewer requests for federal records from citizens, journalists, companies and others last year even as significantly more people asked for information.
The BBC is reporting: “The Associated Press is also now citing Japanese nuclear safety agency officials as saying that radiation levels inside one of the reators at the Fukushima-Daini nuclear power plant have surged to 1,000 times their normal levels
From the Associated Press: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has officially taken away nearly all collective bargaining rights from the vast majority of the state’s public employees. Walker signed the bill to do so privately Friday morning. He planned an afternoon
He’s also trying to strike a bargain with the Egyptian military. Voice of America (VOA) reports: Libyan government warplanes have struck an oil facility near the rebel-held eastern town of Ras Lanuf during a heavy bombardment aimed at driving out
11 days ago, 14 Wisconsin Senate Democrats skipped town rather than vote on an Gov. Walker’s public employee union reform bill. One of those Senators, Jon Erpenbach, spoke with the Associated Press from his hotel in Chicago.
Although last year’s midterm elections dealt Democrats a devastating blow at the federal level, what has liberals reeling now are the ramifications of power Republicans accumulated on the state level as well. Just consider their reaction to the union-adjusting policies
Iran is expanding its covert global effort to obtain uranium, according to a new intelligence report from an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) member nation. The Associated Press reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly expressed interest in Zimbabwe’s
From the Associated Press: The Obama administration is offering at least $1.3 billion to settle complaints from female and Hispanic farmers who say they faced discrimination from the Agriculture Department. The Agriculture and Justice departments announced Friday that farmers who
From the Associated Press: Wisconsin was the first battleground. But it is unlikely to be the last. A similar proposal to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights drew throngs of protesters Thursday at the Ohio Capitol. Hundreds more have
UPDATE: Not stepping down….will “delegate” powers to veep Report: WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. intelligence indicates “a strong likelihood” that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on his way out and may step down as early as Thursday night, CIA Director Leon
David Crary, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – An anti-abortion group Tuesday released undercover video taken in its latest attempt to discredit an organization that provides abortions — footage of operatives posing as a pimp and a prostitute seeking
Report: President Obama’s special envoy delivered a message to embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday about the need to prepare for an “orderly transition” of power in the country, a U.S. official said. Word of the meeting between retired
