Teachers are speaking out against school reforms they feel are demeaning or make it impossible to do the job they were hired to do. This is a resignation letter from an educator, Gerald J. Conti, a social studies teacher at Westhill High School in Syracuse, New York. This letter originally appeared in the Washington […]
Here’s a very quick comedic break today in the midst of all the insane news coverage since the mid-terms. Check out the video, below, and watch as Megyn Kelly drops an accidental F-bomb while introducing Mike Huckabee on Monday night: “Joining me now, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who is the host of F**ka– ah, […]
The Daily Caller is reporting that conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh has retained a lawyer and is preparing to sue the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) if the group fails to retract and apologize for “deliberately and deceptively” editing comments Limbaugh made about sexual assault on his radio show last September. Limbaugh’s legal team delivered […]
John Franks is a veteran who lives in Texas. He tried to vote with his VA government ID card and was told time and again by a judge that he was not permitted to vote because he didn’t have proper identification. Eventually, after threatening a lawsuit, he was finally allowed to vote but as he […]
Let’s pretend we are in a San Francisco dive bar. In a crowded basement room, I am sitting alone center stage on a stool and I am wearing a beret. My all black outfit consists of a long sleeved turtle neck sweater and skinny pants in a homage to the beatnik days of the ’50s and […]