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He was abused by a female teacher, but he was treated like the perpetrator It's a long piece, hard to excerpt, but worth reading. Seems like we still have a ways to go. He was abused by a female teacher, but he was treated like the perpetrator - The Washington Post

Ain't that adorable? A big hug for Tom Brady!

Interesting roundup of some of the more psychotic conduct of police, prosecutors, judges, legislators, and wannabes of those offices, in 2014. Just in case you thought innocence or being a law-abiding citizen makes you safe. Horrifying civil liberties predictions for 2015 - The Washington Post...

House Majority Whip Scalise confirms he spoke to white nationalists in 2002 By Robert Costa and Ed O'Keefe December 29 Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House majority whip, acknowledged Monday that he spoke at a gathering hosted by white-supremacist leaders while serving as a state...

He was clearly a violent, dangerous felon, a drug user and a bad person. And with a name like Tamir, probably a Muslim terrorist. I'm glad he's dead.

Why not? Beats hell out of denying the obvious equivalency of tax breaks and subsidies. Cat? Check. Pigeons? Check. And awaaaaaaay we go! Harvard University targeted by affirmative action opponents. For them, it’s the big one. By Gail Sullivan November 19 Harvard University is the...

How DARE he take unilateral action on immigration. Only a DICTATOR would do that! 2 GOP presidents acted unilaterally on immigration By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON (AP) — Two presidents have acted unilaterally on immigration — and both were Republican. Ronald Reagan and his successor George...

How a national service year can repair America By Stan McChrystal November 14 Stan McChrystal, a retired U.S. Army general and former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, is chairman of the leadership council of the Franklin Project on national service at the Aspen...

House passes Keystone XL construction bill By Ed O'Keefe November 14 The House easily passed a measure Friday authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, sending it on to the Senate where the issue is expected to come up for a vote on Tuesday. Lawmakers voted 252 to 161...

Backlash over Montgomery decision to strip Christmas from school calendar By Donna St. George November 12 The backlash was intense Wednesday to the Montgomery County Board of Education’s decision to scrub Christmas and other religious holidays from its published school calendar — without...

Ah, good. You're here, Blackleaf. This should be good for one of your bigoted rants. Holidays’ names stricken from next year’s Montgomery schools calendar By Donna St. George November 11 Christmas and Easter have been stricken from next year’s school calendar in Montgomery County. So have...

Heck, who even knew he had one? Glenn Beck’s dramatic revelation: He’s been hiding a mysterious brain illness By Lindsey Bever November 11 On Monday night, conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck admitted to keeping a secret. He has been sick for years. He has had pain and numbness, vocal...

Highway seizure in Iowa fuels debate about asset-forfeiture laws By Robert O'Harrow Jr. November 10 The two men in the rented red Nissan Altima were poker players traveling through Iowa on their way to Las Vegas. The police were state troopers on the hunt for criminals, contraband and cash...

Taylor Swift has a new song/video out called "Blank Space." I did not know this until I saw an advert that said "Taylor Swift - Blank Space." Truer words were never written.

25 years ago, border passages through the Berlin Wall were opened. Germans on both sides were free to travel. The Cold War was over. Berliners started hacking at the Wall, knocking out chips and chunks. It was the greatest party of the 20th century. Despite everything the U.S., Britian...

I taught my black kids that their elite upbringing would protect them from discrimination. I was wrong. By Lawrence Otis Graham November 6 I knew the day would come, but I didn’t know how it would happen, where I would be, or how I would respond. It is the moment that every black parent...

This didn't happen before Obamacare. Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Police shootings spur workers' compensation awards By Luke Broadwater The Baltimore Sun...

Wrong-door raid gone relatively right is still wrong By Lucy Steigerwald On Thursday afternoon at around 1 p.m., King Solomon Baker, Jr. of Kissimmee, Florida was awakened in a very unpleasant manner, thanks to a mistake by the local police department. As Baker, 29, wrote in a Facebook...

It's such a shame this agent was hounded into taking his own life. We need more of him to secure the border. Manzanares, a stocky 32-year-old agent who kept his head shaved short, was already under suspicion for misconduct—colleagues suspected he had let two border violators go free—but there...