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'Honey, I'm calling ICE': Lawyer who ranted against Spanish speakers faces complaint

An attorney who threatened to call immigration enforcement on restaurant workers who angered him by speaking Spanish has had a complaint filed against him with a disciplinary committee that oversees l... read more

Charged With a Crime? Better Check Your Facebook Pictures

Earlier this year, the realms of law and new media collided when Lori Drew was hit with federal charges for creating a fake MySpace page and harassing a neighboring teenager, who then committed suicid... read more

I Was Right Today on Outnumbered: There Should Be No Black History Month

I’ve written about this before, but apparently people are going nuts over what I said on Outnumbered today: “We have to make up our minds. Either we want to have segregation or integration, and if we ... read more

Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!

We have cheese food products, and cheese. Why not require the label "ersatz pathetic attempt to dupe the public while reaping higher profits chocolate food product?" Maybe the printing bill alone will ... read more

Sarah Palin and Kate Gosselin go camping

“Sarah Palin’s Alaska” saw a major drop in ratings after its first episode aired, but we're guessing next Sunday's show may spark a bit more interest. A guest appearance by Kate Gosselin and her eight ... read more

The Beach

It’s a place to go when the stresses of your real life need relieving. Sometimes it is fairly quiet and you might feel like you’re the only one around, but you can leave your ‘footprints’ for others t... read more

No, I won't take a joke because racism isn't funny

Adam Goodes is right to call racism when he hears it ... Chinky Chiney rice eyes, catch a Chinaman by the toe, encircled by laughing mouths, hating faces, can'tchatakeajoke? Echoes from the playground ... read more

What Non-Christians Want Christians To Hear

E.S., Denver “I feel that Christians have got it all wrong; it seems to me that they’ve created the very thing Jesus was against: Separatism.”– T. O., Denver “I am often distressed at the way some Chr... read more

A Sense of Urgency, Please

It's difficult to appreciate the magnitude of self-censorship in the American media until you're exposed to how the foreign press reports on a given conflict. Watching the news here in Greece has help... read more

On jargon, and why it matters in science writing

The other complaint is trickier: surely if people don’t know enough to understand these terms, part of our job should be educating them? It’s a worthy ambition, but the critical problem with trying to ... read more

Manipulation and the politics of fear

This week the campaign clicked into overdrive, headed by the Weekend Australian's declaration that "We'll fight Islam 100 years", a headline that was a call to arms against an entire world of belief. ... read more

Toothless Serb syndrome

Many in the West who deal with Serbia see what I shall call “the toothless Serb syndrome” as part of the country’s problem. A sense of victimhood that ignores the facts. Many argue that much of this i... read more