Sleeping With The Source
It’s not just for House of Cards: Questions remain over whether BuzzFeed News acted ethically with a former employee, Ali Watkins, who had a romantic relationship with an indicted former security director for the...
Monthly Archive: June 2018
Anthony Bourdain Dead at 61
Chef and television food host Anthony Bourdain has died at age 61 in what is being reported as a suicide. The host of CNN’s “Parts Unknown” was found in his hotel room in France, where he was working on a forthcoming episode.
Ontario To Be Made Great Again
Populism invades Canada as Doug Ford – brother of the flambouyant former mayor of Toronto – is elected Prime Minister and his Progressive Conservative Party wins a majority. After 15 years in the political...
Down With the Nutrition Pyramid?
So to be honest, the last time I thought about the USDA’s dietary and nutritional guidance was thinking of the food pyramid from school. Which is to say that I have given them little to no thought sense. Apparently I am not alone.
Daydreams of Impeachment
The impeachment of Donald Trump is the fondest wish of many Democrats. Be careful what you wish for!
IHOb? AYFKM?
Are you fishing kidding me? What fresh rottenness is this? IHOP is hinting that a big change is coming — with just the small flip of a letter. The pancake chain, in a tweet...
Alice Marie Johnson’s Sentence Commuted By President Trump
Alice Marie Johnson has had her life sentence commuted by President Trump. Johnson’s reprieve comes after she has served 21 years of a life sentence, and is due in no small part to many advocates taking up her cause.
Judge Who Sentenced Brock Turner Recalled by Voters
Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky became the first California judge to be recalled by voters in 86 years Tuesday. Persky, who drew controversy over his handling of the Brock Turner Rape case, had been on the bench since appointment in 2003 by then-Gov. Gray Davis.
Morning Ed: The Planet {2018.06.06.W}
Energy, the environment, climate change, and Trump. Oh, and Octopuses.
There She Is, Miss America 2.0
“It is NOT a beauty pageant! It is a scholarship program!” is the famous line about a fictional competition in the movie Miss Congeniality. But major changes announced to the annual crowning of Miss America are real, right down to not calling it a pageant, with the aim being more competition and less beauty emphasis.
“Annihilation” Movie Review
One of the best films of the first half of the year, a sci-fi/horror mashup, is now available on streaming and disc.
SCOTUS Rules (sort of) on Gay Wedding Cake Debate
SCOTUS did not issue an opinion on whether a baker may legally refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding; rather, it focused on what it saw as the Commission’s non-neutral, “hostile” handling of Phillips’ case.
