Politics
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Mitt Romney: Putin a Better President Than Obama
Mitt Romney appears to be a sore loser. The failed 2012 Republican presidential candidate told NBC News that he thinks Russian leader Vladmir Putin has outperformed Obama “time and time again on the world stage.” During the interview, he described the U.S. and Russia as “geopolitical adversaries,” hitting Putin for giving cover to Syrian President…
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Fox News Host Somehow Connects Justin Bieber’s Arrest to Obama
Co-host Greg Gutfeld of Fox’s The Five found an interesting way to link pop star Justin Bieber’s recent arrest to President Obama. Gutfeld admitted that he had “shoehorned” the president into the issue by linking teenage-girl fanaticism over the star to the way the president is treated by the press. “The real culprit: the mindset…
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Dinesh D’Souza Charged With Campaign Finance Fraud
Best-selling conservative author, filmmaker and commentator Dinesh D’Souza has been indicted by a grand jury for alleged campaign finance fraud in 2012. D’Souza, known for directing the derisive anti-Obama documentary 2016: Obama’s America, was charged “with violating the federal campaign finance laws by making illegal contributions to a United States Senate campaign in the names…
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Once Financially Secure, a Mother Is Fighting a Life of Poverty
Josephine Wiles Warner’s cozy town house in Herndon, Va., is filled with the laughter of her four children—children she brought into her home when their natural parents could no longer care for them. And Warner became their mom, but not through foster care, so she receives no aid. Now the lights and water are off…
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Fla. GOP Candidate Who Called for Obama’s Hanging Compares President to George Zimmerman
Despite the fact that Florida Republicans have distanced themselves from Joshua Black—a GOP hopeful to represent District 68 in the Florida House of Representatives—Black is refusing to back down from his claims that Obama is a criminal and ought to be executed, Raw Story reports. In fact, the only backtracking the taxi driver-hoping-to-turn-politician has done…
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Sen. Tim Scott Plans Panel Discussion With Black Senators
Sen. Tim Scott is prepping for Black History Month by planning a panel discussion on Feb. 25 to honor the country’s current and former black senators, Roll Call reports. Only nine African Americans—including Scott—have ever served in the Senate. Former Sens. Carol Moseley Braun and Roland Burris of Illinois and former Sen. William “Mo” Cowan…
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This ‘Subhuman Mongrel’ Forgives You, Ted Nugent
How can you not feel just a little bit sorry for Ted Nugent? The onetime “Motor City Madman” had an impressive 50-plus-year performing career that brought him fame and fortune, but it’s been a long time since he reached his creative peak with the layered, nuanced mega-hit “Cat Scratch Fever” in 1977—and perhaps it’s been…
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An Open Letter to Those Who Still Believe in the NAACP
On Aug. 3, 1994, syndicated columnist Carl Rowan (pdf) published the first of four blistering columns on the NAACP. It began: “It is sickening to watch the death of the NAACP, a once-proud organization now being strangled by two incredibly arrogant leaders.” The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People at that time was…
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Legalized Marijuana: Will White People Get All the Good Weed?
If the president of the United States says legalizing marijuana is all good, then it must be, right? If the first two states to fully legalize pot are sending their NFL teams to the Super Bowl, then the green stuff must not be all that bad, correct? And if 55 percent of Americans are fine…
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Roe v. Wade Anniversary: For Black Women, the Issue Is Contraception
Today marks the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. The decision is rightly credited with saving the lives of thousands of women: According to the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, prior to Roe, 5,000 women died annually from illegal abortions. So while many women are alive thanks to Roe, a strong argument can be…