When it comes to leaks stateside there is no such thing as a level playing field. Double standards abound. Establishment “insider” journalists such as Bob Woodward publish leaked classified material…
In my teaching career, one of the most powerful lessons for my students emerged from Atticus Finch, Scout’s beloved father in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. A lawyer with…
On Monday, NBA player Jason Collins announced he’s gay. Carolyn Moos, a former WNBA player who dated him for 8 years, tells CNN’s Piers Morgan the announcement is “a lot…
CNN’s Portrayal of Autism In the Days Surrounding WAAD 2013 Middle – Jack and John Elder Robison – High Functioning Aspergers Bottom -Trevor Pacelli High Functioning PDD-NOS (Holli Dunn Photography)…
Autism is a spectrum in many ways including the ways in which it is presented through various media. Everybody, particularly the main stream media, loves the feel good stories of…
Close your eyes, and conjure up a mental image of the stereotype of the Ugly American. Loud. Large. Willfully ignorant of customs and countries that lie beyond the border of…
Nothing cuts through the bullshit quite like live footage. The following comes inadvertently from a CNN interview conducted with a Palestinian in Gaza and an Israeli in Ashkelon. I will…
Romney, Crowler, Obama The furor over the intervention by moderator Candy Crowler in the second presidential debate has not died down, nor will it before November 6. The Republicans are…
What they need is people like CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, who refuses to be cowed by right-wing bullies like John Sununu. Peter Mansbridge, are you listening? H/t Roger Ebert See also…
A couple of years ago, a friend swore to me that the CNN’s Anderson Cooper was gay. And that it was a matter of time before he came out. I…
Apparently, Iranian engineers have successfully decoded America’s captured reconnaissance drone and now Tehran intends to build a copy. The Islamic Republic’s military captured the US RQ-170 Sentinel reconnaisance aircraft last…
Why can’t the right debate rationally and calmly? Because they are children. This is exactly why many on the left no longer bother engaging these kids. And why we have…
Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi put he screws to Erin Burnett for her Judith Miller act – promoting a new war, this time with Iran. She employs all of the…
This is incredible. This white rap duo, featuring “occasional Fox News contributor Steven Crowder and rapping pal Chris Loesch, married to the conservative political analyst Dana Loesch”, performed this rap…
Erickson’s infamous “Trike Force” in action. Erick Erickson’s peculiar form of crazy is legendary. If they had a Museum of Fucked Up Bloggers, he’d be the All Star MVP of…
So, just a few days after CNN published a stellar article by Rob Smith about his observations as a gay man of color, CNN analyst Roland Martin comes out to…
“Look ma, I just ate Texas.” I kid you not. A human, also a CNN contributor and red state blogger, wrote that. I’m not kidding you!! Honest. This is not…
It’s nice to see that a mainstream media source has published an insightful article about some of the issues that enter the minds of those of us who are both…
Warren Buffett Barack Obama.png On January 23, Bloomberg News reported Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), owned by his lucrative holding company Berkshire Hathaway, stands to benefit greatly…
corporate news.jpg A compelling new study from Media Matters for America reveals that proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline were granted far more time in the media than those who…
