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Big news item: Customers of Ashley Madison, a Toronto-based dating (euphemism) site, were caught with their pants down. How embarrassing! The site was hacked, and the names, email addresses, physical descriptions, and detailed sexual preferences of 30 million customers were made public. Some people may have been the targets of
First Amendment
"Free speech," though one of the more ubiquitous legal terms du jour, is also widely misunderstood. There are a number of mentalities behind this ignorance, perhaps none so simply observed as in the title of the famously liberal writer Nat Hentoff's book on the subject: "
Abortion
National Review magazine had Carly Fiorina on its cover recently, with the headline "Carly the Communicator." The lead story featured example after example of Fiorina's clear and articulate explanations of conservative positions winning over audiences — including those, such as the hosts of "The View,"
boston
Written by Eddie Pells Los Angeles and the U.S. Olympic Committee have struck a deal that will make the city America's 2024Olympic bidder pending approval by the city council next week.
Israel
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met in New York on Friday with visiting Israeli Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and told him that while the nuclear deal with Iran was "good," it was "not perfect." "There are no perfect agreements," Ban told Edelstein.
Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon's Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley on Sunday became the 31st senator to announce support for the Iran nuclear deal, as momentum builds behind the agreement the Obama administration and other world powers negotiated with Tehran. Merkley's backing puts supporters within reach of the 34
back to school
Written by Wilson Ring WHEELOCK, Vt. (AP) — For more than a century Dartmouth College has been making good on a promise to students from a hardscrabble Vermont town that helped the keep the school afloat in its early years: get in, and your tuition is free.
back to school
Written by Anne Flaherty WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. high schools haven't shown much improvement in the past four years when it comes to preparing college-ready graduates, according to the Iowa-based nonprofit group that administers the ACT college entrance exam.
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