Justifying and Excusing False Accusations
CBC: Crying hate crime: how hoaxes give bigots ammunition to undermine real victims
WaPo: Experts on hate crimes say that false accounts are still relatively rare.
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Government shutdown pinches home builders
National Park Service defends shutdown closures
Feds seeking unemployment show shutdown impact
Nexus 5, Google watch may have been delayed by US government shutdow...
Last night, NSA reported that you attempted to buy Sarin to kill local school children.
Now, you must disprove it to the government, your family, your friends and your neighbors.
“The first U.S. official ...
We envision fair representation and respect of diverse LGBTQ+ communities in newsrooms and news coverage.
--- NLGJA: The Association of LGBT Journalists
Why is Fox News supporting a group that wants only good...
Caroline Kennedy poised for Japan
Flashback 2008: Caroline Kennedy repeats ‘you know’ 142 times in interview
And how is she, ya know, qualified to be our ambassador, ya know, in, ya know, Japan?...
President Eisenhower in 1953 issued an executive order describing the new grounds for dismissal as: “Refusal by the individual, upon the ground of constitutional privilege against self-incrimination to testify ...
Flashback 1994: Prop. 187 Approved in California
Flashback 1999: CA’s Anti-Immigrant Proposition 187 is Voided
Flashback 2008: California Votes for Prop 8
Flashback 2012: Prop. 8: Gay-marriage ban unconsti...
Things have become rather undisciplined in the world of journalism and opinion, as when one uses the word “lie”, intent must be proven or the accusation could be libelous. I believe I made the point in referenc...
Back in the day, some of us remember those kids in school who were “hyper”. That’s how that kid was and he or she was accepted as such. Over the last decade-plus, lazy parents and teachers decided the best way ...
The Prodigal Obama has failed with GM. A second bankruptcy and more losses for the government are coming after the election. GM’s growth in sales is fueled by GM’s aggressive providing of sub-prime auto loans. ...
I was unfortunately just alerted to the fact that our favorite scam-artist is back at it again, this time under the name "Rick Singer" and sticking it to individuals and businesses in Las Vegas (he appears to p...