By Samuel Warde on December 22, 2014
Human Interest
Human Interest
Jaden Ramos, the 13-year-old son of Rafael Ramos, one of the two NYPD officers shot to death in their cruiser on Saturday, has posted a heartbreaking goodbye to his father on Facebook. In the first message, Ramos writes “This is the worst day of my life.” Then seven minutes later he continued in an additional […]
By Samuel Warde on December 20, 2014
Brad Woodhouse, C-Span, Dallas Woodhouse, Human Interest, Humor, Videos, Weird News
Human Interest, Humor, Viral Videos, Weird News
Republican political activist Dallas Woodhouse and his Democratic operative brother Brad were debating Obamacare on C-Span when their mother, Joy Woodhouse, unexpectedly called into the show. “Oh God, it’s mom,” exclaimed Dallas Woodhouse after the network put her mother’s call live on the air. It seems that Joy wanted her boys “to get political arguments […]
By Samuel Warde on December 18, 2014
Narrations, Paul Harvey, Policemen
Human Interest, Police Overreach
Paul Harvey Aurandt, better known as Paul Harvey, was a legendary conservative radio broadcaster for ABC Radio Networks. From the 1950s through the 1990s, Harvey’s programs reached as many as 24 million people a week. Paul Harvey News was carried on 1,200 radio stations, 400 Armed Forces Network stations and 300 newspapers. Harvey was born […]
By Samuel Warde on December 18, 2014
Cuba, marco rubio, Opinion, Ted Cruz
Foreign Policy, Opinion / Open Letters / Rants, Right Wing Hatred, Right-Wing Myths
It’s as if the Red Scare has been resurrected from theĀ 1940s and ’50s with conservative heads exploding about the new situation with Cuba. Listening to conservatives such as Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who were melting down on Hannity last night, the brunt of their objection to normalizing relations with Cuba is that […]
By Samuel Warde on December 17, 2014
Christmas, Human Interest, Secret Santa, Videos
Human Interest, Videos
At a time when police officers are facing harsh scrutiny, it is comforting to come across an instance of the police being reported as doing something good. ABC News reports that “on behalf of a wealthy donor, police officers in Kansas City, Missouri, gave away money to unsuspecting drivers.” A wealthy donor, who prefers to […]