For a despotic regime apparently hell-bent on nuclear aggression and ruin, The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea seems to have found a comfortable niche as the butt of many...
April 8, 2013
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These days, it’s hard to get into college unless you started a fake charity, cured a disease or have gay parents. At least, that’s what it takes according to Suzy Lee Weiss. The senior at Taylor...
April 8, 2013
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A picture can say more than a thousand words. Congress is currently debating gun control measures that were initiated after the massacre of young school children in Newtown, Ct 3 months ago....
April 2, 2013
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Earlier this week, Italy’s highest criminal court ordered a new trial in the case of Amanda Knox. The infamous 25-year-old was originally convicted for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher...
April 1, 2013
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12:14 AM
Seeing red? You bet. This week, the Supreme Court is hearing two cases on same-sex marriage: checking the constitutionality of both the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8. Proposition 8...
March 28, 2013
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Since 2004, the United States has killed an estimated 3,105 people in Pakistan. A chief reason why: the new employment of unmanned drones as aerial killers. Arguably, the United States’...
March 28, 2013
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12:52 AM
Is race still a hypersensitive subject for Americans? It appears so… A recent Philadelphia Magazine cover story titled “Being White in Philly,” has hit a raw nerve in the city of Brotherly...
March 25, 2013
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1:15 AM
It’s been a week since two high school football players from Steubenville, Ohio were charged in the rape of a 16-year-old girl. And by now, there’s little about the case that hasn’t been dissected...
March 25, 2013
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Ladies and gentleman, it’s time for another “freedom of speech” debate. This past weekend, the Greek soccer, rather – football – player Giorgos Katidis ran to the corner of the field, ripped...
March 20, 2013
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1:56 PM
When President Barack Obama arrives in Israel this Tuesday he will come with a simple yet powerful agenda: mend a strained relationship with a major ally that has felt somewhat put-off by the...
March 18, 2013
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7:18 PM