The most recent moment of defining culture for the DC metropolis wasn"t the finagling over the nation's debt ceiling or the tug of war over restoring funding to military pensions. It was the premiere of a television show. The Netflix drama House of Cards has been hyped up specifically to ...
On Christmas Day, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden released a video statement on the implications of massive government spying. The exile to Russia reminded us once again that Western governments have worked in cahoots to establish a worldwide Orwellian surveillance network. He laughably implored ...
Erstwhile pop singer Aaron Carter and his wizened face recently made the plunge every onetime celebrity makes at least once in his life. The younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on October 23, 2013. Despite his short success as a kind of happy-go-lucky ...
Politicians and drugs: Is there ever a more brilliant combination? Toronto Mayor Rob Ford doesn"t seem to think so. A man who loves to hit the sauce, Ford is fighting to maintain his office over an alleged cell-phone video showing him smoking crack cocaine. The police have reportedly obtained ...
Is Salon.com the worst political commentary website on the Internet? I ask not as a snarky observer, but a genuine inquisitor. The webzine brands itself as a news outlet chock-full of hard-hitting analysis and investigation. It has also mastered the art of shock-and-awe headlines meant to gin ...
The US government is back open for business. It never actually shut down to begin with, but, hey, what are details? The alarmist media was getting too many clicks by feigning outrage over furloughed tax cows. After Republicans capitulated to the demands of President Obama and Harry Reid, the mob ...
Paul Krugman is no stranger to demagoguery. The New York Times columnist practically oozes with hatred for his conservative opponents. In spite of his academic accolades"a Nobel Prize in economics and a teaching position at Princeton"the chronically perplexed-looking professor specializes ...
