(I am taking the liberty of posting here an excerpt from my book “Journalism and Other Atrocities” (2010). Fortunately, I am the only person who can do this without having to pay royalties.) In 1963, toward the end of my tenure at the Philadelphia Inquirer, I began to think that I would like to get…
If you need proof that President Obama places little value on the Constitution he has sworn to protect, go visit the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles and ask to take a peek at Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man who produced that God-awful film called “The Innocence of Muslims.” Nakoula, if that is his name…
Fathers can no longer take their daughters to father-daughter school dances in the state of Rhode Island. A law suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union put the kibosh on such time-honored, festive events. It seems that a mother complained to the ACLU because there was no father in the house to take her…
A couple of stories caught my eye this week. One was about those whacky, naked kids over at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), protesting in Seattle against fishing because fish are intelligent, sensitive animals that feel stress and pain when they are hooked or hauled up in nets. On a more somber…
Last month, a teacher in Florida was temporarily reassigned to a non-student contact position because of something he wrote on Facebook. “I’m watching the news, eating dinner when the story about New York okaying same-sex unions came on and I almost threw up. And now they showed two guys kissing after their announcement. If they want to call it…
Anyone who’s ever read my posts knows how much I hate government waste. The only thing I hate more than the government hemorrhaging money is the lack of oversight and accountability to the taxpayers. I work for my husband so I don’t have to drug test. But think of how many millions of workers have…
If affirmative action was such a great idea, then why is the left branding anyone a racist who might suggest that President Obama benefitted from the policy? Donald Trump has brought the President’s academic record into the spotlight by asking how he gained admittance to Columbia University and Harvard Law School after having less than…
I like airports. They’re a great place to people watch. It’s still a wonder how an airplane gets off the ground and stays in the air, but I’m a lawyer and haven’t a clue about aeronautics. I’m especially astounded at how flight attendants – whose job description must read “being nice to stupid people” –…