Five years after Katrina, the Gulf Coast and New-Orleans have to deal with another large scale disaster ( in this case purely man-made) in the form of the BP oil spill. It seems that New-Orleans can not get a break, but again the Crescent City is far from being the only town at the epicenter [...]
8/17 UPDATE: : Dr. Laura is pulling the plug on her own syndicated radio show. Laura Schlessinger told Larry King Tuesday night that she’s ‘s ending her syndicated run at year’s end when her contract with TRN expires. Not sure if she’s saving face. She claims the network wants her to stay on, that even [...]
This article is more of a “rectal thermometer” than an op-ed, taking the temperature of the readership out there, more than assigning readers a cure. So, with that note out of the way, let’s plunge in. Much has already been written about Michelle Obama’s spending spree and aristocratic vacation in Spain. The icing on the cake [...]
Mainstream news outlets don’t often dare to go too far to offer editorials or opinion pieces that eloquently serve to set the record straight. We live in a time period where newspaper editors urge “balance” instead of aggressively being the watchdogs of government and big interest groups like corporations, business, banks, etc. I’m able to [...]
Below is an extreme example of behavior on YouTube that goes well beyond cyber bullying, and could very easily more appropriately be labeled cyber terror. Extreme taunting of a boy who lost his mother, rape victims, and suicidal teens has no place in the world in this editor’s opinion, and the anonymity of the internet is no excuse. In a world where people refuse to speak out against such depravity (regardless of political ideology), it is allowed to flourish, and has very real-world consequences.