#376526
By now it's clear that the brutal gang rape reported last November in Rolling Stone did not occur. I write that, knowing full well the backlash I could receive from not adding the caveat that something could still have happened to Jackie, the accuser in the story.
Activists have clung to the idea that something probably did happen to make a young woman tell a tale of a brutal gang rape and become a campus activist to keep the hoax claims isolated to a small subset. These same activists bent over backwards following the Charlottesville Police press conference last week to claim that Jackie probably wasn't lying, because such a false accusation flies in the face of statistics, as one CNN panelist said. Of course, the statistic that only 2 percent of reported rapes are false â doubtful anyway â only applies to rapes actually reported to police, which this one was not.
#376527
Share on Facebook 1 1 SHARES By now, most of you have heard of the recent case in Colorado where an expecting mother answered a Craigslist ad for baby clothes, was attacked, and had the child cut from her womb, with the child dying in the process. As my colleague streiff noted yesterday, prosecutor Stanley Garnett has declined to charge Dynal Lane, the suspected attacker, | Read More »
#376528
The ADL offers "tragic reminders that lethal anti-Semitism continues to pose a threat to American Jews and larger society as well.”
#376529
In the wake of the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the media have been stacking myth upon myth.
#376530
Ann Coulter said it is "a real failing of the Republican National Committee" that liberal moderators are allowed to host GOP primary debates
#376531
Reporters often encounter closed doors when seeking data and interviews from the administration.
#376532
Basij commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi also threatens Saudis, saying their fate will be like that of Saddam Hussein
#376533
My generation willfully ignores the real debate about gay rights and religious freedom because we want halos without sacrifice.
#376534
In what has been called the "Catholic moment" in America, in the late 1940s and 1950s, Catholics were admonished from pulpits to "live the faith" and "set an example" for others.
#376535
Opponents of the Act celebrated the "end" of Cruz's presidential aspirations.
#376536
Olbermann to NCAA, NFL: Leave Indiana Over 'Religious Freedom' Law
#376537
Key Findings This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 24, or 114 days into the year. Americans will pay $3.3 trillion in federal taxes and $1.5 trillion in state and local taxes, for a total bill of more than $4.8 trillion, or 31 percent of the nation’s income. Tax Freedom Day is one day later than last year due mainly to the country’s continued steady economic growth, which is expected to boost tax revenue especially from the corporate, payroll, and individual income tax.
#376538
#TheRefinery crew talk about the latest new regulations out of the perpetual Nanny State of New York City- limiting kids at daycare to only 4 ounces of 100% ...
#376539
Letting it get the bomb would be the most catastrophic decision in the history of humanity.
#376540
The anti-RFRA backlash is a perfect storm of hysteria and legal ignorance.
#376541
Professor Andrew Pessin is now on leave from Connecticut College
#376542
In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with TODAY's Savannah Guthrie, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says he's "confident" the United...
#376543
Apple CEO Tim Cook attacked Indiana this weekend for passing a religious freedom bill. Cook said, "There's something very dangerous happening in states across the country." Cook may believe Indiana's new law is very dangerous towards gays... But it's not…
#376544
The new state law has been publicly sold with the claim that it is “nothing new,” but shows every sign of having been carefully designed to put new obstacles in the path of equality.
#376545
There is an old saying that dates back to Socrates, I think, and it goes something like this: you know you've won the argument the moment your opponents start flashing their genitals at you. Actually, maybe it was Lincoln who said that. Anyway, it's a rather urgent bit of...
#376546
He’s the Taliban, Sarah Palin, and Father Coughlin all rolled into one.
#376547
Love him or hate him, he is putting his agenda before political calculation. We need more of that.
#376548
The surprising remarks were reported by Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in a recent article about the future of European Jewry.
#376549
Trevor Noah, the 31 year-old South African comedian hand-picked by Jon Stewart and Comedy Central to replace Stewart, has a major Twitter problem on his hands. Being shot to superstardom often results in an instantaneous social media vetting, something Noah,
#376550
A House panel Tuesday formally requested Hillary Clinton to testify about the private server and email account she used while serving as secretary of state.
Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi, sent a request to Clinton's personal attorney, David E. Kendall, requesting that Clinton appear before the committee no later than May 1 for a transcribed interview about the server and email.
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The request comes after Kendall told Gowdy that the server had been wiped clean and that it would be impossible to recover the 30,000 emails Clinton deleted last year.
Gowdy, in his request to Kendall, also asked Clinton to reconsider her refusal to turn over the server to a neutral third party, which he called highly unusual, if not unprecedented.
