Culture/Society

Over the years, former Time columnist Barbara Ehrenreich has made some truly preposterous assertions in her many books and articles.However, this piece might go down as her most insipid.Writing for The Nation on June 12, the mother of Los Angeles Times columnist Rosa Brooks stated the following (h/t NBer misterbill, emphasis added throughout):Undocumented workers shouldn't be fined; they should…

How many times have you read a quote from a major political figure that included words like “uh” or “um?”Not often, right? Typically, journalists omit such disfluent pauses when citing America’s leaders in order to not make them look foolish.After all, the vast majority of people commonly use such utterances to fill the silence as they assemble their thoughts. But, you rarely see them left in an…

One of the more persistent myths in this country is that lower income people are liberals. Anyone who's spent more than a weekend in the Midwest, South, or West can tell you that in many places, it's the richer neighborhoods that tend to vote Democrat.The fact that the left now has money (and lots of it) has significant benefits for it but there are downsides, especially if you're one of those…

Just in case our kids weren’t getting enough global warming alarmism from their teachers and the mainstream media, MTV announced Wednesday that it will be further brainwashing youth with junk science about the planet’s imminent doom.How might that change Mark Knopfler’s fabulous “Money For Nothing” lyrics and video?Before we get to that, here’s how Variety reported this announcement (h/t Tim…

The Associated Press reported Thursday that the executive director of the NAACP’s Hollywood bureau is displeased with “Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington being fired for making anti-gay slurs.Yet, the NAACP was strongly in favor of Don Imus being terminated by CBS and MSNBC in April for his statements concerning the Rutgers women’s basketball team.Double standard? You be the judge.This is…

Just when you thought it was safe to have drinks near your computer, the global warming alarmists have created a diet to help you reduce your carbon footprint.I wish I was kidding. Hysterically, I’m not.As reported in Tuesday’s Washington Times (h/t NBer Blonde, emphasis added throughout):Attention chubby do-gooders, and maybe Al Gore. The global warming diet is here.The article deliciously…

An interesting discussion ensued on Tuesday’s “Scarborough Country” surrounding ABC’s “The View” and some of the anti-Catholic positions taken by the various co-hosts.MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams, sitting in for Joe Scarborough, had Catholic League president Bill Donohue on to discuss his ad placed in Tuesday’s New York Times complaining about the behavior of folks like Rosie O’Donnell and…

Can you remember the last time you heard "Today" or other MSM outlets describe, in terms such as "over the top," rabid anti-Bush protests by the likes of the Cindy Sheehan crowd, the Code Pink girls, or the folks pictured below ?  Neither can I. Conversely, when Bill Clinton receives enthusiastic receptions overseas, the MSM breaks out the "rock-star" analogies, with no sarcasm in sight.But let…