As the Central Illinois 912 Project has addressed previously on BigGovernment.com, Shorebank is a community bank based out of Chicago that is engaged in microfinancing — a hybrid of capitalism and social justice. They have been supported and promoted by
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CNN: The head of an influential social conservative organization urged members and supporters Wednesday to stop donating to the Republican National Committee and instead contribute to its own coffers or to candidates with like-minded goals.
The Japan Times: Cartoonists and publishers strongly oppose the bill to revise the metro ordinance for the sake of sound upbringing of youth, saying it could infringe on freedom of expression.
The great thing about a-holes, is you can see them coming. Whether it’s Sean Penn or Jeanine Garafalo calling you a racist or wishing you dead – their essential douchebaggery makes them easy to spot and harmless. Their inanities should
[youtube NA1aauzu2tw nolink] They weren’t gunshots but the pops were startling nonetheless. As the eggs hit the windshield, visibility immediately became a problem. Jerry Ragle was pretty shaken as he pulled the Tea Party Express bus to a stop. He
CNN: Love her or hate her, it’s hard to ignore Sarah Palin. The former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate is a political lightning rod. She struck again over the weekend when she introduced Sen. John McCain at a
CNN: Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak is trying to beat Specter in a May Democratic Party primary. The latest poll from Franklin and Marshall College shows his Republican challenger, Pat Toomey, out in front by four points with a huge number
It wouldn’t be an Ann Coulter appearance without some “controversy,” especially as manufactured by the Pavlovian lapdogs of the MSM, and last week’s appearance by the author and syndicated columnist at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont., was
LA Times: Obama last visited the country in 2008 as a presidential candidate.
Fox News: Despite intense Republican objections, President Obama on Saturday used recess appointments to fill 15 administration posts without Senate confirmation, including Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. By filling the jobs while Congress is in recess, Obama
The day after the federal government hijacked one-fifth of the U.S. economy in order to give health insurance to unemployed 26-year-olds was a giddy day for CNN’s Rick Sanchez. The 3 p.m. EDT host for the low-rated cable news network
On Wednesday, CNN’s Pentagon correspondent, Barbara Starr reported on multiple, highly sensitive documents that had been “provided” to CNN and which detail valuable, strategic intelligence gathered by the Department of Defense in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It should come as no
CNN: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid mistakenly called out “no” Thursday when asked for his vote on the health care reconciliation bill, setting the chamber howling with laughter. Reid voted the wrong way when the clerk called for his vote,
The recent flap about Israel supposedly insulting the United States by announcing plans to build 1,600 new housing units within the sovereign territory of Israel is remarkable on many levels. First, it’s a non-story. There is nothing new about Israel
Over the past several years, many major movie stars have appeared in films about the war in Iraq. Even though many of those movies, including the recent “Green Zone,” failed dismally at the box office, movies like that film arguably
NewsBusters: If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck – but just be prepared to have your spelling skills challenged when you reach that conclusion. And so goes CNN’s
Over the past week, two good friends of mine have been raked over the coals by the left because they are conservatives. Both have recently taken on new challenges and the left can’t stand to see these two outspoken conservatives
The response from the left over CNN’s hiring of Erick Erickson as a political contributor has been typically over-the-top. From Salon (What was CNN Thinking?) to Huffington Post (It’s Enough to Make You Throw-up) to our pals at Media Matters
In the wake of last night’s passage of “Health-Care Reform” — WASHINGTON –The House of Representatives Sunday passed by a 219 to 212 vote the biggest overhaul of the nation’s health care system in more than four decades, sweeping changes
The first rule in intelligence is to not get used. This is something Robert Young Pelton and Eason Jordan should have learned before agreeing to become rock-throwers for the Central Intelligence Agency. As I reported on Tuesday, Pelton and Jordan
Headline writing has always been an art. From my earliest days as print newsman, finding the right words to tell a story and fit the allotted space was a routine challenge that often sparked some of the liveliest debates in
I never thought I’d live to see the day when my daughter’s grade school newspaper had higher journalistic standards than the New York Times, but perhaps I just don’t dream big enough. In all fairness, the articles at my daughter’s
