Less than one year after being named president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), Oliver North — the former Iran-Contra scandal figure and Fox News host — is out in what appears to be a failed coup attempt against longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre. On Saturday, at the powerful gun lobby’s annual convention, North said he […]
The NFL Draft has been underway for a couple of days and President Donald Trump is apparently keeping an eye on the action in Nashville, Tennessee. On Saturday morning, Trump used his favorite form of communication — Twitter, of course — to deliver a message to Nick Bosa, a defensive end from Ohio State who […]
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg keeps dashing any hope that the world’s largest social media platform might be a positive force in the fight against catastrophic climate change. In its latest disastrous move to fight the online epidemic of fake news, Facebook’s fact-checking effort announced last week that it was teaming up with CheckYourFact.com […]
Isaiah Joel Peoples, a 34-year-old army veteran, deliberately drove his car into a crowd of people in Sunnyvale, California, because he thought some of them were Muslim, police said Friday. “Based on our investigation, new evidence shows that the defendant intentionally targeted victims based on their race and his belief that they were of the […]
On Friday evening, the University of Virginia men’s basketball team announced that it would not be visiting the White House to celebrate its national championship. “We have received inquiries about a visit to the White House. With several players either pursuing pro opportunities or moving on from UVA, it would be difficult, if not impossible […]
It was reasonable to think that when Democrats swept the majority in the House of Representatives earlier this year, the American people would finally get what they were owed: accountability for President Donald Trump’s aggressive administration. For the first two years of the Trump presidency, with Republicans in control of two branches of government, any […]
Nothing illustrates the echo chambers of social media better than the constant outrage over Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Omar, one of only two Muslim women in Congress, has garnered a great deal of media attention during her first few months in office. Her strident stances on U.S. foreign policy and blunt criticism of Trump administration […]
