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Who knew the North Koreans were Tea Party? The DPRK government's comments about Obama, as reported in the Washington Post: “clown” “dirty fellow” "wicked black monkey" “does not even have the basic appearances of a human being.” “He is a crossbreed with unclear blood.” Obama “still has the...

Inside Britain’s big, dumb halal pizza scandal Hmmm. . . if Westerners are as tolerant as some folk hereabouts like to claim, why are they organising boycotts of chains that use halal meat? A body might think "tolerant" would be "I won't eat there, but they can do as they please." "That...

Here is an amazingly cogent, incisive analysis of Scandals!, as opposed to scandals. Worth a read. I would note that the analysis of Republiklans here can also be levelled against Dumbocrats, though lately it's all Republiklan all the time.

US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, May 5 WASHINGTON — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their...

By Robert Barnes, Updated: Monday, May 5 A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that legislative bodies such as city councils can begin their meetings with prayer, even if it plainly favors the religion of the speaker. The court ruled 5 to 4 that Christian prayers...

Ralph Nader's America: Impeach Obama, decriminalize drugs, libertarians & progressives unite! By Jeff Zeleny, Jordyn Phelps, and Alexandra Dukakis What if Washington politics were no longer defined by partisan gridlock but instead by a cross-party alliance that forged solutions? The alliance...

Georgia governor signs law to drug test some welfare recipients By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed legislation on Tuesday requiring some applicants for food stamps and welfare benefits to undergo a drug test. Under the bill, testing could be required if...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate's eventual death from a heart attack. Clayton Lockett, 38, was declared...

Y'all heard me occasionally differentiate conservatives from right-wingers, and I imagine some wondered what I was talking about. Well, conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin put it real well: The GOP should not show enthusiasm for anti-government crack-pots By Jennifer Rubin April 27 at...

Today is the 88th birthday of Her Most Britannic Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Born into a small German immigrant family in ancient housing in London, Elizabeth II's father named her after the famous ocean liner in the hope she would fit in better in the family's adopted country. Elizabeth II...

NFL draft time is rolling around, and one of the most intriguing prospects is Alabama safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. His real name is Ha'Sean (hardly an improvement) and he's predicted to be one of the first half-dozen or so picks. He may or may not do well in the NFL (many college superstars...

Atlanta Braves office receives racist hate mail directed toward Hank Aaron By Stanley Kay Numerous racist letters addressed to Baseball Hall of Fame player Hank Aaron were sent to the Atlanta Braves organization during the past week, according to USA Today. The Braves have received...

What'll they think of next? There was a story that went with this, but really, who cares why they're doing it?

Dartmouth president calls for end to ‘extreme behavior’ that mars image of elite college By Nick Anderson, Published: April 16 Dartmouth College’s president lamented Wednesday that the Ivy League school’s promising future “is being hijacked by extreme behavior,” including sex assaults...

A confederacy of xenophobes in Europe? By Anthony Faiola, Published: April 13 PARIS — From her nondescript offices in the Paris suburbs, *Marine Le Pen — the blond, hazel-eyed face of France’s far right — is leading the charge to build a new alliance of European...

Man arrested in Kansas Jewish community shootings reportedly longtime Ku Klux Klan leader By Lindsey Bever April 14 at 1:32 am The 73-year-old man accused of going on a deadly shooting spree Sunday at Jewish facilities in Kansas has been identified as a former ‘grand dragon’ of...

The theatrics of North Korea’s repressive regime never fail to get attention, but Monday’s news raised — or lowered — the bar. According to this report in one of South Korea’s leading newspapers, The Chosun Ilbo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s administration shuttered a bureaucracy once...

For those of you who don't know, the Supreme Court recently struck down aggregate limits on political donations. Herewith a brief summary of campaign finance laws: Used to be there were limits on how much money you could give to candidates or political parties, and there were strict rules on...

A Marine silent no longer on gay marriage Roger Dean Huffstetler is a former Marine Corps sergeant. I slept with a gay man for six months in Afghanistan. No one asked. He did not tell. In 2005, I and 200 Marines in my squadron deployed to Afghanistan to support the global war on...

It’s okay, I played Jesus and George Washington, says Vampire LARPer/Florida GOP candidate Alexandra Petri April 2 at 5:41 pm You know the congressional campaign is going well when you have to issue a statement explaining that the Creepy, Explicit Sex Machete Post From The Vampire Role...