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University yoga class canceled because of ‘oppression, cultural genocide’ By Justin Wm. Moyer November 23 In studios across the nation, as many as 20 million Americans practice yoga every day. Few worry that their downward dogs or warrior poses disrespect other cultures. But yoga comes from...

5 people shot near Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis, cops searching for 3 white male suspects By Michael E. Miller November 24 Simmering racial tensions boiled over yet again on Monday when a small group of white men allegedly shot five people who had been protesting the recent...

Turkey downs Russian military aircraft near Syria’s border By Hugh Naylor, Andrew Roth and Daniela Deane November 24 BEIRUT — Turkish military aircraft shot down a Russian jet Tuesday after Turkey says it violated its airspace near the border with Syria, a major escalation in the Syrian...

Now here's an interesting one for Real Americans and Old Stock Canadians. . . Should people on the terrorist watch list in the U.S. be forbidden to buy guns? Or should young American citizens who've come to the attention of the FBI through their "radicalizing" activities, though not (yet)...

Study: Deaths rates rising in middle-aged whites By Mike Stobbe | AP November 2 NEW YORK — The U.S. death rate has been falling for decades, but researchers have detected one group in which the rates have been steadily ticking up — middle-aged white people. Suicides and deaths from drug...

Feminist Germaine Greer still pummelled for ‘misogynistic views toward transwomen’ By Yanan WangNovember 3 As the debate over free speech on university campuses rages on, it appears that even radical feminists aren’t safe from the fray. Despite a petition with nearly 3,000 signatures from...

Clinton hung in, neither gained nor lost. Sanders did himself favors, looked considerably less like Doc Brown. O'Malley probably "won" in the sense of improving his position. Webb and Chaffee are toast.

A Seattle-area teacher has whipped up a controversy after she informed a five-year-old student that she wasn't allowed to wear a Denver Broncos dress on the school’s “Blue Friday.” The students at the elementary school, located in Tacoma, Wash., typically wear uniforms, but the...

This is Walter-level stupid. The article is long, but I posted it all for sheer comedy value. N.C. just prosecuted a teenage couple for making child porn — of themselves By Michael E. Miller September 21 Is it possible to sexually exploit one’s self? That question is one of many conundrums in...

Native American boy pulled from class over Mohawk haircut By Lindsey Bever September 19 Jakobe Sanden walked into his second-grade classroom with his backpack and a brand new Mohawk — a hairstyle, his father says, that represents Jakobe’s Native American roots. But it’s a symbol his...

Interior, Justice Departments Announce $940 Million Landmark Settlement with Nationwide Class of Tribes and Tribal Entities Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Jewell Resolves Historic Contract Support Cost Lawsuit with Tribes The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of the Interior...

From the Dafuq? files. . . Having sex with robots is really, really bad, Campaign Against Sex Robots says By Justin Wm. Moyer September 15 Imagine: It’s 2030, or 2040, or 2050. You’re at home with your robot. It’s a hot night, and there’s not much to do. You’re feeling a little romantic. So...

Let us pray. . . Our Father, who art in Canton, Halas be Thy Name. Thy Opening Day come, Thy tuck-rule be done, by the defenses as they are by the refs. Give us this day our weekly game, and forgive us our pass interference, as we forgive those who chop-block against us (after assessment of...

‘Terrorist, go back to your country,’ attacker yelled in assault of Sikh man By Sarah KaplanSeptember 10 “Terrorist!” “Bin Laden!” “Go back to your country!” came the shouts from the other car. Inderjit Singh Mukker, a father of two on his way to the grocery store in his Chicago suburb...

Here's a proposal. How bout each country in the EU agree to take in 1/2 of 1% of their population per year for two years, and encourage non-EU countries to do the same? That'd take care of at least 3.5 million over two years.

We’ve ignored a reason for homicides of blacks: Look at the enemy within By Courtland Milloy Columnist August 25 When it comes to the causes of homicide among black people, there’s something a lot of black people are saying among themselves: It’s not all due to institutional racism. Few...

Vice President Joe Biden trying to remember if he put on underwear this morning.

OK, so. . . the three Yanks and the Brit are now Knights of the Legion of Honor of France. I've picked up a lot of souvenirs in Europe, but that's a new one on me. Somehow it makes my Oktoberfest one-liter beer stein a little less shiny.

Interesting point of view. What Canada’s Conservatives can teach Republicans about diversity By Matthew Hays August 11 Despite the fatigue one might expect within the American electorate after two terms of a Democratic president, there’s anxiety within Republican ranks that their party...

George Zimmerman, who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in 2012, is selling his paintings of the Confederate battle flag "in honour" of a Florida gun store owner. The Florida Gun Supply website says he is raising legal funds for himself and the store's owner, who in July declared his...