Journalism is hard, so Washington Post 'reports' anti-choice conspiracy theories instead, by Kaili Joy Gray I'm from Newtown. We deserve a vote, by Greg Dworkin Forging a durable legal and policy framework to guide our counterterrorism operations: A recommendation, by Armando Desiline Victor and the Advancement Project, by Denise Oliver Velez Go home, Rick Perry, by Dante Atkins The only Constitutional right that comes at the annual cost of thousands of human sacrifices, by Laurence Lewis
Stephen Viramontes, the interim state director of the tea party group FreedomWorks in Arizona, canceled plans to distribute Valentine's Day cards to lawmakers featuring various dictators who opposed anti-union legislation -- but not before tweeting about the cards, the Arizona Capitol Times reports. Viramontes deleted those tweets, but not before the Times published them.
Viramontes deleted those tweets, but not before the Times published them.
In his 12th and last State of the City address, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he will seek to have the City Council ban polystyrene foam, the ubiquitous, lightweight packaging colloquially known by the brand name Styrofoam. The product has long been criticized by environmentalists because it seems to last forever, easily outliving most anything organic. “One product that is virtually impossible to recycle and never biodegrades is Styrofoam,” Bloomberg said in his annual speech. It is "something that we know is environmentally destructive, that is costing taxpayers money, and that is easily replaceable.
“One product that is virtually impossible to recycle and never biodegrades is Styrofoam,” Bloomberg said in his annual speech. It is "something that we know is environmentally destructive, that is costing taxpayers money, and that is easily replaceable.
Don't let it bother you too much, but Twitter is going to start publicly assessing the value of each tweet. In a blog post about metadata changes to its API, the company notes that tweets will be considered "low," "medium" or "high" value. An alternate value of "none" may also appear in the metadata, perhaps for spam or something that makes no sense at all.
In a blog post about metadata changes to its API, the company notes that tweets will be considered "low," "medium" or "high" value. An alternate value of "none" may also appear in the metadata, perhaps for spam or something that makes no sense at all.
"Wearing whatever hat you want is part of the freedom of justice," Scalia said, referring of course to his black inauguration cap. His hat was a replica of Lord Chancellor of England Thomas More's hat worn in a portrait from 1527 and was a gift from the Thomas More Society. "I'm ashamed you didn't recognize it," Scalia told NPR's Nina Totenberg, who was interviewing him for the Smithsonian Associates event.
Earlier this month, the Facebook Inc. released its first “10-K” annual financial report since going public last year. Hidden in the report’s footnotes is an amazing admission: despite $1.1 billion in U.S. profits in 2012, Facebook did not pay even a dime in federal and state income taxes. Instead, Facebook says it will receive net tax refunds totaling $429 million.
Instead, Facebook says it will receive net tax refunds totaling $429 million.