Why is it so pleasurable when an organization like BuzzFeed gets blasted for plagiarism? The website's Viral News editor, Benny Johnson, is being investigated on plagiarism charges as vigilant Twitter users found many instances of the garish editor lifting passages from less-than-discreet sources like the NY Times, Yahoo! News, and The Heritage [...]
MICHAEL J BLAIR Perthshire, Scotland (MJ Blair has been reporting on Scotland's campaign for independence: see his early works here, here, and here) This is a big year for Scotland. Apart from the independence referendum, Glasgow is hosting the Commonwealth Games, the weaker, less attractive cousin of the Olympics. This is obviously a great [...]
Sarah Palin's menstrual cycle was disrupted recently when a poll done by Reason showed 42 percent of millennials favored socialism over capitalism. For the former governor of Alaska and disgraced VP running mate to the maverick John McCain, the news couldn't have come at a more hectic time. Between calls for Barack [...]
Who says billionaires don't meet in smoky rooms and hammer out national policy? Giambattista Vico, the great philosopher for those of you who know, scoffed at that notion by poking [...]
There's hope for Mohammed Raghead yet. Glenn Greenwald published one of his "finale" reports that will be rounding out the year-long Edward Snowden leaks by introducing us to five Muslim-Americans that [...]
editor's note: Upon hearing John Zogby say Obama's presidency is all over after the latest round of polls showing the president's plunging approval rating, I thought I'd send him a [...]
ADAM MICHAEL LUEBKE Under a peculiar set of circumstances that need not interest you much, I found myself at the 40th floor atop the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego. I [...]
MICHAEL J BLAIR Perthshire, Scotland There has been much more nonsense and drivel spoken by both sides of the independence debate since I last wrote. Figures regarding the start up of an independent [...]
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