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Healthcare roulette. It’s the media, stupid.

Monday, August 31st, 2009

 
Americans feel like they’ve been stung like a bee hidden in the ground; they feel the pain but they have no idea where it just came from.  That’s what most Americans seem to feel about healthcare too.  They know the…

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria calls Iranian’ academic’s bluff

Friday, August 7th, 2009

I must admit, I have a bit of a news man crush on Fareed Zakaria over at CNN.  I watch his show faithfully each week and am always impressed by the thoughtfulness of his questions and his guests.  This past…

Henry Louis Gates Jr. arrest does harm for black rights

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

UPDATE, July 23: Actology has learned, thanks to Newsbusters, that the Boston Globe had originally published the full police report on the incident but then suddenly removed it after a brief spot on the Net.  They have released no indication as…

Sotomayor loves Puerto Rico, but does Congress?

Monday, July 13th, 2009

 
The confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayor are stirring up battle lines that formed earlier this year when announced, battle lines that injected racism into a debate over who would be the next Supreme Court justice.  A lot of ink…

CNN legitimizes hate speech in gay exorcism interview.

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Yesterday we brought you the video of the gay exorcism that has now made its round the Internet. Today, CNN interviewed the pastor of the church and gave at best a luke warm questioning of the Pastor, treated more as…

Somalia becomes a hotbed for the Taliban.

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

 
According to recent intelligence obtained by CNN, the Taliban is moving “en masse” to take advantage of a failed state in Somalia, the same failed state that led to the high seas drama few months ago with pirates.  Fed…

Obama Administration says case against DOMA, “fails under each ground.”

Friday, June 12th, 2009

The Obama Administration, already under fire by gay rights groups and their allies for marriage equality, notched another major setback for the movement today in arguing against a federal case challening the Defense of Marriage Act passed in 1996.  The…

Brooklyn teens help AIDS orphans

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Thirty kids, ages 12 to 15 traveled to South Africa on a mission called the “Journey for Change.”  The kids themselves are from Bushwick, Brooklyn, a working class neighborhood that is no stranger to struggles itself.  This is a great…