Jon Stewart spoke with Sigourney Weaver earlier this week about her role in the new USA Network show Political Animals. Political Animals is a six episode American miniseries that premiered on July 15, 2012, and will air Sundays at 10/9c. In the series, Sigourney Weaver plays Elaine Barrish, a HillaryClinton like figure who becomes U.S. Secretary […]
You might recall the recent Texas Republican Party’s platform that rejects the teaching of critical thinking skills: “Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and […]
Gabby Gifford’s successor, Congressman Ron Barber, who was injured in the January 8 shooting in Tucson, issued a statement today on today’s mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. “The people of Aurora have suffered an immense loss. We are tested in times like these and we must come together to support one another in the wake […]
Jon Stewart took on Mitt Romney last night in a segment entitled: The Romney Returns. Reminding us of Ann Romney’s comment about ‘you people’, Stewart nots that a close look at Mitt’s tax records reveals a variety of tax avoidance schemes. You can see our post Ann Romney refers to “you people” on ABC News if […]
Jon Stewart takes on Michele Bachmann after she and four Republican colleagues accuse Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin of being circuitously connected to the Muslim Brotherhood and attempting to take over the U.S. government. As you may recall, there was strong bi-partisan criticm of Bachmann and company on Capital Hill. The problem […]