California is all set to release up to 9,600 more prison inmates into society, most of them moderate-to-high-risk criminals, under the terms of a 2008 Supreme Court ruling suggesting that overcrowding was violating inmates’ Constitutional rights. The state of California
After his latest sexting scandal erupted, The New York Times has stated unequivocally that former Congressman Anthony Weiner should quit the race for New York City mayor and deal with his problems out of the public limelight. The July 23 editorial, titled
Remember that nearly 8,300-word paean to Anthony Weiner in the New York Times Magazine last April in which they tried to present him as a changed man? Of course, now Weiner has confessed he continued his practice of flirting with strangers long
Amid reports on Tuesday that disgraced former Congressman and current New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner spent six months after resigning from Congress sexting under the nom de plume Carlos Danger, Weiner took to the podium today in New
On Tuesday, disgraced former Congressman and current New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admitted to sexting with a woman he met online – and according to the woman, he promised to help her get a job at Politico. The
On Tuesday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Americans born in Jerusalem cannot put “Israel” as place of birth on their birth certificates. Judge Karen Henderson wrote that the
The New York Times has labeled Nate Silver as “disruptive” who didn’t “ever really fit into the Times culture and I think he was aware of that.” This from the New York Times public editor who wrote about Silver’s departure
A poll released Monday by Pew Research Center shows that Latino illegal immigrants, given the opportunity to vote, would vote Democratic at an eight-to-one clip. 31 percent of illegal immigrants of Latino descent identify themselves as Democrats, compared to just
President Obama’s former car czar, Steven Rattner, now says that federal taxpayers should bail out the entire city of Detroit. In a Friday op-ed for the New York Times, Rattner writes, “neither the state nor the federal government has evinced
Forbes: Nate Silver, the blogger whose unerring predictions made him perhaps the most important political byline at The New York Times during the last presidential election, is leaving the paper to join ESPN. An official announcement is expected later today.
In the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA officer who is accused of leaking classified information to New York Times reporter James Risen, a federal appeals court has ruled that Risen will have to testify. The court stated: The
DAVID BROOKS, NEW YORK TIMES: Yeah. It seemed superficially unimportant, but it’s important to remember race is his first subject, as it would be if you had a black father and a white mother. And all the mental habits, he
ESPN will reportedly announce next week that it has hired Nate Silver to contribute to Keith Olbermann’s new late-night talk show. The numbers-crunching baseball geek gained national fame when he correctly projected the outcomes of the 2008 and 2012 presidential
An atheist activist organization wants a proposed Ohio statehouse Holocaust memorial to remove the Star of David symbol, which, the group claims, is an “exclusionary” religious symbol. According to The Columbus Dispatch, the non-profit Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), known for its
CNN’s Jake Tapper gave former New York Governor and candidate for New York City Comptroller Eliot Spitzer absolutely no moment of peace during a blistering interview Thursday on his afternoon show, “The Lead.” If Spitzer thought he was going to
On Tuesday night, a flash mob of some 40 to 50 teenagers invaded the busiest and most tourist-centric part of Hollywood, smashing windows, stealing cellphones, and assaulting passersby. The police described the incident as a “rolling crime wave.” One police
New York Post: The New York Times had a legend and a myth gracing its front page yesterday. The legend: Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera. The myth: a cover story declaring “Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set To Fall 50
Rock star Liam Gallagher married singer Nicole Appleton in 2008. In 2010, the New York Times ran what the New York Post describes as a “glowing piece” about Gallagher that was written by Liza Ghorbani. Ghorbani has now filed a
Because back in May, the New York Times used the same photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (though not a close-up) on its front page as Rolling Stone did on its August cover, Washington Post media writer Erik Wemple wrist-flicks the controversy
The New York Times is reporting that ESPN has officially hired Keith Olbermann to host a nightly sports show on ESPN2. According to the Times, Olbermann’s contract specifically forbids him from discussing politics on the new show. On his new
On Monday afternoon, the US Department of Justice appealed to civil rights groups and the general public across the country for “tips” on George Zimmerman in their pursuit of potential federal civil rights charges against the just-acquitted defendant in the
While the media encourages Trayvon Martin’s family to launch a civil suit against George Zimmerman for the killing of Martin, the consequences to the Martin’s reputation could be disastrous. Thanks to discovery rules, which apply differently in civil court than
Republicans are on the threshold of gaining control of the Senate after the 2014 midterm elections, according to New York Times election prognosticator Nate Silver. After Montana’s Democrat Governor Brian Schweitzer announced on Saturday he would not run for the state’s
(AP) NEW YORKFormer CIA director David Petraeus is taking a big salary cut for his visiting professorship at the City University of New York’s honors college after being criticized for how much he was getting paid. Petraeus, a hero of the
On Monday, Edward Wyckoff Williams of Salon.com put his finger on the real problem with America’s simmering racial conflict in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict: “white rage.” Wyckoff Williams claimed, “in the American South it seems white folks
