Eat Pray Love Fails to Entertain
Directed by Ryan Murphy, Eat Pray Love is a movie adaptation of the New York Times bestseller Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and...
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$600 million Bill Potentially Tightens Border Security
In an effort to appease states infuriated over the lack of federal assistance in the area of illegal immigration, President Obama signed a $600 million border security bill to...
Controversy Over Ground Zero Mosque
Despite the millions of square feet available for rent (and countless buildings for sale) in New York City, New York Muslims have chosen an area 600 feet from where...
Imposter Found at Rand Paul Event
With the latest Rasmussen Report showing Republican Rand Paul in the lead for the Kentucky Senate race against Democrat Jack Conway, it’s no wonder Conway’s supporters have succumbed to...
Home Depot Sued for Religious Discrimination
A Home Depot in Okeechobee, Florida, exhibited clear bias against a Christian worker who refused to remove his button that read “One Nation under God, indivisible” from his apron....
Black Tea Partiers Defend Tea Party Express
In an effort to refute allegations of Tea Party racism, particularly within the Tea Party Express, black conservative Tea Partiers held a press conference last week. The Tea Party...
Democrats Plant Imposter Tea Party Candidates
If you can’t beat them, join them. That is allegedly the latest maxim of local Democratic Parties, as they have attempted to usurp the “Tea Party” title in...
The Other Guys: Hilarious Satire for Grownup Audiences
If you’re looking for a hilariously inappropriate but original film on which to spend some money, I have three words for you: The Other Guys. In this satirical buddy...
Homosexual Judge Okays Same-sex Marriage
U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker on August 4 ruled against Proposition 8, a referendum passed by California voters in November 2008 that banned same-sex marriages in the state...
Elena Kagan Approved as 112th Supreme Court Justice
The full Senate voted 63-37 on Thursday, August 5, to confirm Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. With the support of nearly all Democrats, as well as...
Anti-Arizona Law Weekend Protests
Even after a federal judge removed the teeth of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, S.B. 1070, hundreds of demonstrators in Arizona in protested the law on Thursday, July 29, the...
Beck Closely Examines Tea Party Movement
Fridays on the Glenn Beck program have been dubbed “Founders’ Fridays,” as Beck has used those days to discuss the founding of America. Last Friday's episode, however, was unique...
Charlie St. Cloud: A Film Celebrating Life
Everything about Burr Steven’s Charlie St. Cloud is predictable, except for the spiritual gravity and Christian undertones, rendering an otherwise teen “chick flick” a worthwhile expenditure. Based on a...
DISCLOSE Act Stalled by GOP Filibuster
Senate Democrats were unable to muster the necessary votes to break the Republican filibuster and vote to pass the DISCLOSE Act (Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending...
Reid Resurrects Public Option
Even after the healthcare bill was passed into law, the public option is not going away. In fact, it is on its way, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry...
England Plans to Decentralize Healthcare
In a speech given in England on July 1, 2008, then-president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement David Berwick, who is now Chief of the Centers for Medicare and...
Shirley Sherrod Fiasco
On March 27, 2010, U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod addressed the NAACP’s 20th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet. Months later, a small excerpt from Sherrod’s speech was posted...
Midterm Elections Fast Approaching
Sunday July 25 marked the 100-day countdown to the 2010 midterm elections. Republicans continue to expect success against the Democratic majority, as polls show Republican nominees in the...
Massachusetts Moves to Circumvent the Electoral College
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is on the verge of passing a new law that will circumvent the Electoral College system so that future elections will be determined by the...
White House Changes Story on Individual Mandate
The Obama administration continues to show itself as a master of the spin. During the heavy campaign to promote the healthcare law, President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,...