Illegal Alien Halloween costume: funny or mean?

A new costume trend this year has some amused and some disgusted and calling racism. To me it looked like a (somewhat not very clever) play on words. The obviously extraterrestrial alien is wearing an orange jumpsuit and ... continue

Wilson wasn’t the only one to diss the President during his speech

There has been a lot of furor over the insult shown to President Obama during his speech to Congress by Rep Joe Wilson’s outburst calling the president a liar during the speech. However ... continue

Ashleigh Kenny sparks controversy over t-shirt

Meet Ashleigh Kenny, a Georgia College student that has sparked a debate in the United States over a slogan on a t-shirt. The t-shirt, presented by Ashleigh to Rep. Jack Kingston, reads “R.I.P. The U.S. Constitution" ... continue

Politics 101

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How to Really Celebrate Independence Day

July 4th, also known as Independence Day in America, was this past Saturday, resulting in large quantities of grilled foods, fireworks, and alcohol consumption, much to the chagrin of history buffs and hardcore patriots.  But most of ... continue

The BEST Twitter-Iran cartoon yet

As Twitter gets proclaimed as the CNN of social media news reporting there are some things right now that old media does very well and one of those things is the political/social commentary cartoons. ... continue

Tech and Politics – a changing landscape

Which ever way we turn we are seeing the hand of technology and the Web effecting change in ways we might not have considered even five years ago. Communities are being built on Facebook that ... continue

Move over, Sarah Palin- Jon Voight woos GOP at shindig

Jon Voight emceed a fundraising dinner for the Republican House and Senate last night, eliciting GOP nods of approval for a series of biting critiques aimed at what he called the "Obama oppression." Republicans raised $14.5m at the ... continue

Finding your tweeting US politicians in Congress

Just about like everyone else these days more and more folks in Congress are hopping on the Twitter bandwagon. Now you could try and find out if your representative has hitched themselves to the Twitter Bird’s ... continue

Obama footing the bill for private residence make-over

With every new president that comes into office there is the typical out with the old and in with the new and the private residence of the presidential family is no different. To help with this ... continue

Putting politicians back into the mould

How does a journalist show to the world that they just don’t understand the Internet and Social Media? Well if you are a Times journalist by the name of Rachel Sylvester you would talk about ... continue

One less U.S. State Department translator has a job now

It is always a good idea when trying to give someone who speaks a different language a cute little gift that has a saying in their language on it that you get the translation correct. It is ... continue