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Let’s not talk social reform
Is it really any of my business to reform you? “Do you really think you know what's best for me? So much so that you feel the right to make changes to our world that specifically effect me, without any consideration for me, just you and your values... which you think...
Awards Season predictions
By Victoria Bentley Welcome to Hollywood. I think. Actually it's a really fun place to visit... I've been to the Paramount studio tour three times and Warner Bros. twice. I almost always see somebody famous and I am almost always surprised at how little they are....
The War for the Soul of America
The war in Washington will not end until the presidency of Donald Trump ends. Everyone seems to sense that now.This is a fight to the finish.A post election truce that began with Trump congratulating House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi “I give her a great deal of...
AI News Anchor Makes Debut In China
by Merritt Kennedy "This is my very first day at Xinhua News Agency," says a sharply dressed artificial intelligence news anchor. "I look forward to bringing you the brand new news experiences."China's Xinhua News Agency has billed the technology as the "world's first...
The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest Cities
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- It was just after 10 p.m. on an overcast September night in Los Angeles, and L. was tired from a long day of class prep, teaching, and grading papers. So the 57-year-old anthropology professor fed her Chihuahua-dachshund mix a freeze-dried...
Migrants defy Trump at Mexico border as US forces flex muscle
Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - Hundreds of Central American migrants staged a boisterous demonstration on the US Mexico border Thursday, screaming for President Donald Trump to let them in as US soldiers and riot police put on a menacing show of force.The increased tension...
It’s Perpetual Outrage, Charlie Brown!
Ridiculous online outrage erupts over a children's classic on Thanksgiving.Don’t create controversy, simply for the sake of unrest.That’s a bit of friendly advice that you would hope that most mature, thinking individuals could stick to.That, unfortunately, is just...
BATTLEFIELD PARIS Police bombarded with fireworks fight back with tear gas as mass riots turn Paris
HUNDREDS of protesters filled the streets of Paris as they clashed with police during marches against rising fuel prices.Water cannons and rounds of teargas were used by riot cops against thousands of French "Yellow Vest" fuel protesters today as the Champs Elysee was...
Was Jim Carrey Right About the Christian Right?
According to actor Jim Carrey, America will soon “find out once and for all that the Christian right has never been about morality, it's been about holding on to power and using morality to do so.” Was he right?Let’s say that Carrey was talking about conservative,...
Nancy Pelosi Urges Democrats to Unite Ahead of First Leadership Vote
Nancy Pelosi, who’s facing challenges to her possible return as U.S. House Speaker, urged her Democratic colleagues to unite and support her candidacy to be leader of the party in the new Congress.In a letter sent on Friday, Pelosi thanked those who’ve supported her...
Deal with Mexico would make asylum seekers wait outside U.S. border: Mexican officials
The Trump administration has won the support of Mexico's incoming government for a plan to remake U.S. border policy by requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts, according to Mexican officials and senior members of...
Melania Trump Has Unveiled the 2018 White House Christmas Decorations
For the White House Christmas 2018 decorations, Melania Trump has decked the White House halls with the patriotic theme “American Treasures” recognizing America’s “unique heritage.” “This is a joyous time of year when we decorate the White House for the Christmas...
George Carlin on The Environment
Democrats overwhelmingly nominate Pelosi as Speaker amid rebellion
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed victory on Wednesday, saying she had won the Democratic nomination for Speaker amid an entrenched rebellion from insurgent lawmakers who pose the starkest threat to her long reign atop the party.The outcome...
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
George Herbert Walker Bush, whose lone term as the 41st president of the United States ushered in the final days of the Cold War and perpetuated a family political dynasty that influenced American politics at both the national and state levels for decades, died Friday...
News
Let’s not talk social reform
Is it really any of my business to reform you? “Do you really think you know what's best for me? So much so that you feel the right to make changes to our world that specifically effect me, without any consideration for me, just you and your values... which you think...
Awards Season predictions
By Victoria Bentley Welcome to Hollywood. I think. Actually it's a really fun place to visit... I've been to the Paramount studio tour three times and Warner Bros. twice. I almost always see somebody famous and I am almost always surprised at how little they are....
The War for the Soul of America
The war in Washington will not end until the presidency of Donald Trump ends. Everyone seems to sense that now.This is a fight to the finish.A post election truce that began with Trump congratulating House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi “I give her a great deal of...
AI News Anchor Makes Debut In China
by Merritt Kennedy "This is my very first day at Xinhua News Agency," says a sharply dressed artificial intelligence news anchor. "I look forward to bringing you the brand new news experiences."China's Xinhua News Agency has billed the technology as the "world's first...
The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest Cities
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- It was just after 10 p.m. on an overcast September night in Los Angeles, and L. was tired from a long day of class prep, teaching, and grading papers. So the 57-year-old anthropology professor fed her Chihuahua-dachshund mix a freeze-dried...
Migrants defy Trump at Mexico border as US forces flex muscle
Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - Hundreds of Central American migrants staged a boisterous demonstration on the US Mexico border Thursday, screaming for President Donald Trump to let them in as US soldiers and riot police put on a menacing show of force.The increased tension...
It’s Perpetual Outrage, Charlie Brown!
Ridiculous online outrage erupts over a children's classic on Thanksgiving.Don’t create controversy, simply for the sake of unrest.That’s a bit of friendly advice that you would hope that most mature, thinking individuals could stick to.That, unfortunately, is just...
BATTLEFIELD PARIS Police bombarded with fireworks fight back with tear gas as mass riots turn Paris
HUNDREDS of protesters filled the streets of Paris as they clashed with police during marches against rising fuel prices.Water cannons and rounds of teargas were used by riot cops against thousands of French "Yellow Vest" fuel protesters today as the Champs Elysee was...
Was Jim Carrey Right About the Christian Right?
According to actor Jim Carrey, America will soon “find out once and for all that the Christian right has never been about morality, it's been about holding on to power and using morality to do so.” Was he right?Let’s say that Carrey was talking about conservative,...
Nancy Pelosi Urges Democrats to Unite Ahead of First Leadership Vote
Nancy Pelosi, who’s facing challenges to her possible return as U.S. House Speaker, urged her Democratic colleagues to unite and support her candidacy to be leader of the party in the new Congress.In a letter sent on Friday, Pelosi thanked those who’ve supported her...
Deal with Mexico would make asylum seekers wait outside U.S. border: Mexican officials
The Trump administration has won the support of Mexico's incoming government for a plan to remake U.S. border policy by requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts, according to Mexican officials and senior members of...
Melania Trump Has Unveiled the 2018 White House Christmas Decorations
For the White House Christmas 2018 decorations, Melania Trump has decked the White House halls with the patriotic theme “American Treasures” recognizing America’s “unique heritage.” “This is a joyous time of year when we decorate the White House for the Christmas...
George Carlin on The Environment
Democrats overwhelmingly nominate Pelosi as Speaker amid rebellion
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed victory on Wednesday, saying she had won the Democratic nomination for Speaker amid an entrenched rebellion from insurgent lawmakers who pose the starkest threat to her long reign atop the party.The outcome...
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
George Herbert Walker Bush, whose lone term as the 41st president of the United States ushered in the final days of the Cold War and perpetuated a family political dynasty that influenced American politics at both the national and state levels for decades, died Friday...
Opinion
Let’s not talk social reform
Is it really any of my business to reform you? “Do you really think you know what's best for me? So much so that you feel the right to make changes to our world that specifically effect me, without any consideration for me, just you and your values... which you think...
Awards Season predictions
By Victoria Bentley Welcome to Hollywood. I think. Actually it's a really fun place to visit... I've been to the Paramount studio tour three times and Warner Bros. twice. I almost always see somebody famous and I am almost always surprised at how little they are....
The War for the Soul of America
The war in Washington will not end until the presidency of Donald Trump ends. Everyone seems to sense that now.This is a fight to the finish.A post election truce that began with Trump congratulating House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi “I give her a great deal of...
AI News Anchor Makes Debut In China
by Merritt Kennedy "This is my very first day at Xinhua News Agency," says a sharply dressed artificial intelligence news anchor. "I look forward to bringing you the brand new news experiences."China's Xinhua News Agency has billed the technology as the "world's first...
The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest Cities
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- It was just after 10 p.m. on an overcast September night in Los Angeles, and L. was tired from a long day of class prep, teaching, and grading papers. So the 57-year-old anthropology professor fed her Chihuahua-dachshund mix a freeze-dried...
Migrants defy Trump at Mexico border as US forces flex muscle
Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - Hundreds of Central American migrants staged a boisterous demonstration on the US Mexico border Thursday, screaming for President Donald Trump to let them in as US soldiers and riot police put on a menacing show of force.The increased tension...
It’s Perpetual Outrage, Charlie Brown!
Ridiculous online outrage erupts over a children's classic on Thanksgiving.Don’t create controversy, simply for the sake of unrest.That’s a bit of friendly advice that you would hope that most mature, thinking individuals could stick to.That, unfortunately, is just...
BATTLEFIELD PARIS Police bombarded with fireworks fight back with tear gas as mass riots turn Paris
HUNDREDS of protesters filled the streets of Paris as they clashed with police during marches against rising fuel prices.Water cannons and rounds of teargas were used by riot cops against thousands of French "Yellow Vest" fuel protesters today as the Champs Elysee was...
Was Jim Carrey Right About the Christian Right?
According to actor Jim Carrey, America will soon “find out once and for all that the Christian right has never been about morality, it's been about holding on to power and using morality to do so.” Was he right?Let’s say that Carrey was talking about conservative,...
Nancy Pelosi Urges Democrats to Unite Ahead of First Leadership Vote
Nancy Pelosi, who’s facing challenges to her possible return as U.S. House Speaker, urged her Democratic colleagues to unite and support her candidacy to be leader of the party in the new Congress.In a letter sent on Friday, Pelosi thanked those who’ve supported her...
Deal with Mexico would make asylum seekers wait outside U.S. border: Mexican officials
The Trump administration has won the support of Mexico's incoming government for a plan to remake U.S. border policy by requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts, according to Mexican officials and senior members of...
Melania Trump Has Unveiled the 2018 White House Christmas Decorations
For the White House Christmas 2018 decorations, Melania Trump has decked the White House halls with the patriotic theme “American Treasures” recognizing America’s “unique heritage.” “This is a joyous time of year when we decorate the White House for the Christmas...
George Carlin on The Environment
Democrats overwhelmingly nominate Pelosi as Speaker amid rebellion
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed victory on Wednesday, saying she had won the Democratic nomination for Speaker amid an entrenched rebellion from insurgent lawmakers who pose the starkest threat to her long reign atop the party.The outcome...
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
George Herbert Walker Bush, whose lone term as the 41st president of the United States ushered in the final days of the Cold War and perpetuated a family political dynasty that influenced American politics at both the national and state levels for decades, died Friday...
Politics
Let’s not talk social reform
Is it really any of my business to reform you? “Do you really think you know what's best for me? So much so that you feel the right to make changes to our world that specifically effect me, without any consideration for me, just you and your values... which you think...
Awards Season predictions
By Victoria Bentley Welcome to Hollywood. I think. Actually it's a really fun place to visit... I've been to the Paramount studio tour three times and Warner Bros. twice. I almost always see somebody famous and I am almost always surprised at how little they are....
The War for the Soul of America
The war in Washington will not end until the presidency of Donald Trump ends. Everyone seems to sense that now.This is a fight to the finish.A post election truce that began with Trump congratulating House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi “I give her a great deal of...
AI News Anchor Makes Debut In China
by Merritt Kennedy "This is my very first day at Xinhua News Agency," says a sharply dressed artificial intelligence news anchor. "I look forward to bringing you the brand new news experiences."China's Xinhua News Agency has billed the technology as the "world's first...
The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest Cities
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- It was just after 10 p.m. on an overcast September night in Los Angeles, and L. was tired from a long day of class prep, teaching, and grading papers. So the 57-year-old anthropology professor fed her Chihuahua-dachshund mix a freeze-dried...
Migrants defy Trump at Mexico border as US forces flex muscle
Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - Hundreds of Central American migrants staged a boisterous demonstration on the US Mexico border Thursday, screaming for President Donald Trump to let them in as US soldiers and riot police put on a menacing show of force.The increased tension...
It’s Perpetual Outrage, Charlie Brown!
Ridiculous online outrage erupts over a children's classic on Thanksgiving.Don’t create controversy, simply for the sake of unrest.That’s a bit of friendly advice that you would hope that most mature, thinking individuals could stick to.That, unfortunately, is just...
BATTLEFIELD PARIS Police bombarded with fireworks fight back with tear gas as mass riots turn Paris
HUNDREDS of protesters filled the streets of Paris as they clashed with police during marches against rising fuel prices.Water cannons and rounds of teargas were used by riot cops against thousands of French "Yellow Vest" fuel protesters today as the Champs Elysee was...
Was Jim Carrey Right About the Christian Right?
According to actor Jim Carrey, America will soon “find out once and for all that the Christian right has never been about morality, it's been about holding on to power and using morality to do so.” Was he right?Let’s say that Carrey was talking about conservative,...
Nancy Pelosi Urges Democrats to Unite Ahead of First Leadership Vote
Nancy Pelosi, who’s facing challenges to her possible return as U.S. House Speaker, urged her Democratic colleagues to unite and support her candidacy to be leader of the party in the new Congress.In a letter sent on Friday, Pelosi thanked those who’ve supported her...
Deal with Mexico would make asylum seekers wait outside U.S. border: Mexican officials
The Trump administration has won the support of Mexico's incoming government for a plan to remake U.S. border policy by requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims move through U.S. courts, according to Mexican officials and senior members of...
Melania Trump Has Unveiled the 2018 White House Christmas Decorations
For the White House Christmas 2018 decorations, Melania Trump has decked the White House halls with the patriotic theme “American Treasures” recognizing America’s “unique heritage.” “This is a joyous time of year when we decorate the White House for the Christmas...
George Carlin on The Environment
Democrats overwhelmingly nominate Pelosi as Speaker amid rebellion
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed victory on Wednesday, saying she had won the Democratic nomination for Speaker amid an entrenched rebellion from insurgent lawmakers who pose the starkest threat to her long reign atop the party.The outcome...
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
George Herbert Walker Bush, whose lone term as the 41st president of the United States ushered in the final days of the Cold War and perpetuated a family political dynasty that influenced American politics at both the national and state levels for decades, died Friday...