It is ironic how people spend years of their life getting the respect and admiration of others, just to lose it all over a few senseless words. In my personal opinion, that is the case with Senator John McCain – a man considered a hero, who earned the Silver Star,[...]
Several weeks ago at a McDonald’s on Eastern and Flamingo, a gross mistake in communication turned from bad to worse when a middle-aged and nicely dressed man went back to the counter to say there was a mistake in his order. Since the girl behind the counter did not speak[...]
My wife and I were driving along minding our own business when we passed a house with a Ku Klux Klan flag waving from a pole in the front yard in St. Cloud, Florida. It was surrounded by a couple dozen American flags planted all over the lawn. The sheer[...]
On 5/19/13, the Las Vegas Sun published a Q&A with Sheriff Doug Gillespie. The heading for the story was, “Sheriff weighs in on pimps, hip-hop, cops and cameras on the Strip, and more.” Anyone who has read my columns (Safe Strip Report, ICARE, etc.) that have been published in the[...]
Since Watergate, every two-term president has had a second-term scandal. First-term mistakes and hyperpartisanship make probes – like those into Benghazi and the IRS – almost inevitable. By Mark Sappenfield Will Benghazi become President Obama’s Watergate? Or perhaps the IRS scandal? In a sense, they already have. Watergate, of course,[...]
By John Eligon, Manny Fernandez and Michael Schwirtz New York Times MOORE, Okla. — Emergency crews and volunteers continued to work Tuesday in a frantic search for survivors of a massive tornado that ripped through parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs, killing dozens of people and flattening whatever lay in[...]
IRS Tea Party scandal is ‘un-American’ and a ‘travesty,’ lawmakers angrily state Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are vowing to hold people accountable and explore legislative changes to ensure the IRS mends its ways after singling out Tea Party and other conservative groups. By David Grant Capitol Hill[...]
Dear EarthTalk: I heard that a number of beer brewing companies have banded together to support the Clean Water Act. Can you enlighten? — Mitch Jenkins, Cincinnati, OH In April 2013 the non-profit Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) brought together two dozen nationally respected craft beer brewers to launch the[...]
Republicans are jumping all over what they see as major scandals in the Obama administration, including Benghazi, the IRS, and checking journalists’ phone records. But some in the GOP are warning against the perception of overreach for partisan purposes. By Brad Knickerbocker Benghazi terrorist attack… IRS and the Tea Party…[...]
Whatever you do, don’t try to pull a fast one on U.S. District Judge Otis Wright. (This article is taken in part from the National Law Journal, dated May 7, 2013.) After describing a massive fraud involving the enforcement of copyrights to pornography, he has referred four lawyers to licensing[...]
