Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72. Lawson died on 10 January at his home in San Luis Obispo of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary…
Month: January 2014
In the post-Bridgegate world, charges of Gov. Chris Christie’s political bullying have gained more credibility. It’s like when one woman accuses a public figure of sexual harassment, inspiring several others to come forward too. In the wake of the revelations…
I have no words, except… Jay Z is a very lucky man… Carry on…
Sad, that since the gun was used to slaughter 20 innocent children in Sandy Hook Elementary school, the AR-15 has become the weapon of choice among diehard Republicans. The new found love for the Kids-killing gun, is apparent when it…
I cannot figure out why this blowhard would thrust himself even more into the spotlight when he knows his closet is filled with skeletons. Yes, I could be talking about any Republican official in this post. Go ahead, name one…
Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, of College Park, was identified as the gunman by police Sunday morning. He took a cab to the Columbia mall an hour before the shooting. Police have yet to establish a connection between the shooter and…
From where I sit, last year was worse for the Republican Party and for progress than it ever was for President Obama. Yes, yes, I know what the conventional wisdom said about the president’s fifth year, but really, I don’t…
Sen. Charles Schumer says new legislation proposed in the name of Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old New York City boy who disappeared from his school and was found dead three months later, would fund voluntary tracking devices for children who have autism. Schumer…
A two-month saga ended today in Fort Worth, Texas when a hospital deactivated the ventilator that was keeping a brain-dead pregnant woman alive. Officials at John Peter Smith Hopsital did so on the order of a judge, who sided with…
VATICAN CITY – Two white doves that were released by children standing alongside Pope Francis as a peace gesture have been attacked by other birds. As tens of thousands of people watched in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, a seagull and a large…
On Friday, a Gmail outage led to widespread panic and confusion across the globe. That same day, an apparently unrelated glitch also caused thousands of emails to end up in the inbox of some guy named David S. Peck. (A Hotmail user,…
Hillary Clinton has not yet declared that she is running for president in 2016, but already the Republican jokers have began their attacks. This attack though, takes the cake. Somehow, Republican presidential wannabe candidate Senator Rand Paul is suggesting that…