Published: The Morning Call (April 15, 2013), mic (April 16, 2013)
Editor’s note: This article was written before the Boston Marathon bombings, and is not intended to be a response to that incident. All commentary in this article is on pre-Boston incidents alone and is not intended to indicate anything concerning the ongoing Boston Marathon investigation.
Published: mic (March 31, 2013)
The Internet is aroar right now. Why? Because even though it’s Easter, Google decided to honor Cesar Chavez instead of Jesus Christ in its banner today.
A quote from Henry Cabot Lodge comes to mind:
“The facility of saying something is counterbalanced by the difficulty of saying anything worth hearing.”
Published: mic (March 30, 2013)
One might hope that a law which keeps guns out of the hands of perpetrators of domestic violence would receive bipartisan support.
One would think.
As reported by the Huffington Post, “a Colorado bill that prohibits convicted domestic violence offenders from possessing firearms passed in the House Judiciary Committee on a 7-4 party line vote, with all Democrats approving the bill.”
Published: mic (March 25, 2013)
Although it’s being rumored that NBC is planning on replacing Tonight Show host Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon, Leno is still outranking his late night competitors at present. That said, I can’t help but wonder who those people are, since it amazes me that no one has picked up on this hilarious (and sobering) incident.
Published: mic (March 23, 2013), The Express Times (March 23, 2013)
From neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan to the Nation of Islam and the Black Panthers, there is nothing more inherently pathetic than a bigot in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This isn’t to say that bigots aren’t a pitiful sight as a general rule.
Published: mic (March 21, 2013)
I was reluctant to use the same Thomas Jefferson quote twice in less than two weeks, but because the governor of Mississippi missed his golden opportunity to mention it, I simply had to post it again:
“The error seems not sufficiently eradicated, that the operations of the mind, as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws.