by Hope Alexander
November 12, 2009
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Ah, Bill O' Reilly, how your hate filled bile makes my spleen go all tingly.

Bill recently said of Barack Obama's refusal to turn the Fort Hood tragedy into a terrorist attack story capable of creating a groundswell of fear and loathing sufficient to justify the invading of another country (if there is one, make it Norway, I never really liked Norway, and I bet there is at least one Muslim there, the USA… Continue

This is my first blog and i would like to write a few sentences about hostels. Hostels are a fantastic style to see the world on a low budget. From the cheapest to the more grand there is something to accommodate every taste and budget. The great thing about hostels is that tons of college students flock to them since they are cheap and fun so there is all the time plenty of student travelers around to party with!

In most every other part of the globe host… Continue

by Claudine Zap
Oct 24, 2009

It must have seemed so perfect. An obscure blogger unearths some pages of President Obama's college thesis. The report supposedly comes from big-time journalist Joe Klein of Time magazine. And the thesis has some real gems: like Obama's disdain for the Constitution.

The whole thing was nothing more than a satirical post on a humor blog. But Rush Limbaugh, who quoted from the supposed thesis on his radio show, sure wasn't laughing. Here's how it went down.

An unkno… Continue

By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 16, 2009

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana's governor and a U.S. senator joined Friday in calling for the ouster of a local official who refused to marry an interracial couple, saying his actions clearly broke the law.

Keith Bardwell, a white justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish in the southeastern part of the state, refused to issue a marriage license earlier this month to Beth Humphrey, who is white, and Terence McKay, who is black. His refusal ha… Continue

Ben Smith Ben Smith – Thu Oct 15, 2009

There’s nothing more traditional in American politics than the wholesome family portrait: a beaming candidate, beaming spouse, reluctantly beaming teenagers.

But when Bill de Blasio, a candidate for public office in New York City this fall, put his family in his campaign mailings and TV ads, there was nothing routine about it. De Blasio’s wife of 15 years, Chirlane McCray, is black, his children are of mixed race and, even in one of America’s most liberal… Continue