Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
The Texas State Board of Education has voted to radically alter textbook lessons for future generations, removing from curricula separation of church and state and references to Thomas Jefferson. In response, Stephen Colbert had textbook author and Columbia professor Eric Foner on his show Monday night to talk textbooks and “to answer for his liberal crimes.” As the Columbia Daily Spectator says of the history professor’s performance on the show, “When backed into a corner by Colbert, Foner took the highly controversial position that rewriting history to agree with your personal political views is bad.” WATCH: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
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Stephen Colbert Tests Columbia Prof On Textbooks (WATCH)
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
When Jamie “N?oi” Tabag began her undergraduate work for Hawaiian studies at the University of Hawai?i at M?noa, she noticed something missing from her history lessons. It was the history of the m?h?, and Tabag dedicated her thesis, “M?h?wahine, Hawaiian Transsexual Experience,” to their stories. More on The West
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Thesis Explores History Of Hawaiian Transsexuals
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
It was 15 years ago that the Beastie Boys and the Milarepa Fund first started promoting Tibetan Freedom Concerts that inspired millions to fight for the political and cultural independence of the Tibetan people. Since even earlier, Tibet House has held an annual benefit in support of their projects, and this year’s XX Annual Benefit at Carnegie Hall has attracted an eclectic mix of musical performers, including Philip Glass, Iggy Pop, Regina Spektor and Patti Smith.
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Tibet House’s XX Annual Benefit At Carnegie Hall This Friday
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) became the 11th Senator to sign on to a new effort by Democrats to press Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to pass a public option for insurance coverage using reconciliation, her office confirmed to the Huffington Post on Wednesday. The California Democrat joins a list of mostly progressive members to offer her late-stage support for the government run plan.
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Dianne Feinstein Signs On To Public Option Push
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Former Illinois governor George Ryan has renewed his clemency efforts and is hoping President Obama, whom he worked with in state legislature, will sign for his early release. The Chicago Tribune reports that Ryan’s wife Lura Lynn Ryan has a terminal lung disease and is desperate for the former governor to be released from prison early. Ryan is serving a six year prison sentence for corruption during his administration
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George Ryan Asks Obama For Clemency
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
NEW YORK — Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he he’s donated the handcuffs used on him during his arrest last year outside his home to the Smithsonian Institution’s black history museum.
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Donates Handcuffs To Smithsonian Black History Museum
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
WASHINGTON — Plows that have been rolling around the clock for days in the nation’s capital, Philadelphia and Baltimore won’t be heading for the garage any time soon as a second major storm in a week moved into the snowbound region Wednesday. Snow was falling from northern Virginia to Connecticut by early Wednesday. The storm started in the Midwest, where it was blamed for three traffic accident deaths in Michigan on Tuesday.
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Snow Storm Slams Mid-Atlantic: Flights Canceled, Schools Closed
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
LOS ANGELES — When Ronald “Loony” Barron urged a young graffiti tagger to put away his paint cans, he was doing what he viewed as his mission – steering kids away from crime – but he paid for it with his life.
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Ronald Barron Murder: Teen Arrested In killing Of LA Anti-Gang Counselor
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Bailout watchdog and Middle Class advocate Elizabeth Warren has accused Wall Street CEOs of abusing consumer trust and challenged them to step up and support financial reform — for the nation’s benefit as well as their own. In an opinion piece to be published in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal , Warren writes: For years, Wall Street CEOs have thrown away customer trust like so much worthless trash
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Elizabeth Warren: Time For Wall Street CEOs To ‘Earn Back’ America’s Trust
Monday, February 1st, 2010
1951: For the first time, television viewers witness the live detonation of an atomic bomb blast, as KTLA in Los Angeles broadcasts the blinding light produced by a nuclear device dropped on Frenchman Flats, Nevada. One of a hundred above-ground nuclear tests conducted between 1951 and 1962 in the Nevada desert, the A-bomb telecast found its way into the history books (and blogs) when cameramen secretly positioned on top of a Las Vegas hotel focused on the blast.
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KTLA Nuclear Bomb Live Broadcast Anniversary
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Looking for Super Bowl tickets? You’ll have to outbid an entrepreneurial New Orleans resident who is offering a testicle for a chance to attend Super Bowl XLIV in Miami. A listing on Craigslist describes a “well traveled, well maintained, larger than average” left testicle that has been in use for 22 years.
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‘Testicle For Super Bowl Tickets’ Exchange Offered On Craigslist
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
NEW ORLEANS — What a spicy Cajun mix for the NFC championship game. Brett Favre, headed for the Hall of Fame someday, highlights yet another comeback by facing the team he rooted for while growing up in Mississippi
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Saints vs. Vikings: NFC Championship Game 2010
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Conan O’Brien’s final “Tonight Show” aired tonight , and while most of it was funny, the show ended with heartfelt words from the long-time NBC host. “Before we end this rodeo, a few things need to be said. There has been a lot of speculation in the press about what I legally can and can’t say about NBC
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Conan’s Heartfelt Final Words On Last Show For NBC And For His Fans (FULL TEXT)
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
David Letterman has been clear about one thing in the mess over at NBC: don’t blame Conan . His Late Show has also been pretty clear about that “conniving Jay Leno,” in this look back at the history of Letterman’s longtime rival. WATCH: More on Tonight Show
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Letterman’s ‘Late Show’ Takes On ‘Conniving’ Jay Leno
Friday, January 15th, 2010
An altar dedicated to the king of the gods was used for ritual ceremonies by the ancient Greeks.
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Mound of Ash Reveals Shrine to Zeus
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