News & Media

I need not collect a compendium of links to show you that American police are more out of control than the crips and the bloods ever were. But, you know

Yavuz Baydar, in the Guardian, reports on the sad state of journalism in Turkey. (source) This is a boiled down version of his much longer study, available here. Large media

And I applaud them for it. In the spirit of learning by doing, students drafted a bill to learn the process of how a bill becomes law. They proposed House

Irish is, without a doubt, the dominant immigrant culture in Massachusetts. Growing up there, in a town where Sicilians were the plurality, St. Patrick’s Day was always a little underwhelming.

Next time your server or your supermarket tries to sell you Salmon, ask where it comes from. If it is “Atlantic Salmon,” tell them to fuck off. Well, if you

Germany’s high court has ruled unconstitutional a North Rhine-Westphalia regulation prohibiting teachers from wearing Muslim headscarves. (source) The law bared religious symbols or actions that were deemed to be a

How could we ever forget? This week marked the five year anniversary of that ill-fated mission. (source)

An Indian bride walked away from the altar when she figured out that her husband-to-be was too fucking stupid to answer a simple math problem. (source)

Great article from the BBC on swearing. (source) So why does The Dude have to use so many cuss words? Strong language often involves naming things you desire but aren’t

Take this report with a grain of skepticism. After all, it comes from the “Christian Post,” and if there’s one group of people I trust less than academic social justice

Italy does not exactly have the greatest track record of being nice to Ethiopians. Things haven’t changed, as an Italian group is helping the Ethiopian government spy on uncooperative journalists.

Journalist in South Africa mugged on camera (source) [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDCrp5wjr1s]

There will never be a nigger at SAE There will never be a nigger at SAE You can hang him from a tree But he’ll never sign with me There

The last time I did anything resembling Communion it was in 2001 or so. A friend was getting married. I agreed to be a groomsman. We had to go through

In a defamation case, the judge is supposed to make a determination as to whether the statements are reasonably capable of a defamatory meaning. It happens less often than it

In Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Caetano, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that although the 2d Amendment might protect the right to have a hand gun, it does not protect

Friday, I published a column at CNN.com on New York City’s recent move to observe Muslim holidays, and why I think that is a bad idea.  Why schools should observe

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Leonard Nimoy is dead…. for now.  (source)

Eric Chanson and Kevin Bolleart are $900,000 further in the red as of today. (order)