By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) “10 shot at Empire State Building”, “Cops: Two dead after Empire State shootout”, and “Two dead, nine wounded in Empire State Building shootings, police say” were three of the headlines I […]
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Insular Communities and You
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) “We are talking civil unrest, civil disobedience, possibly, possibly civil war. … I’m not talking just talking riots here and there. I’m talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms, [and] get rid […]
The Empire Strikes Back
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) I didn’t pay to much attention to the Republican deadline to allow Todd Akin to withdraw from his Senate race because I just assumed that he would. When I look back […]
Why the Republicans Should Fear Todd Akin
By Michael Baker Here we go: another Todd Akin post, and this could all be moot in less than an hour. That’s because Todd Akin has until 6 o’clock eastern time to drop out of […]
Todd Akin Is Mistaken
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Todd Akin made his comments on Sunday about how “legitimate rape” can not produce a pregnancy. His Senate campaign is now probably hopeless, but once again the abortion debate has been […]
Vladimir Putin Is So Not Punk
By Michael Baker Russian performance-art punk rockers Pussy Riot are in big trouble. The all female band has been sentenced to two years in prison for “hooliganism” after an impromptu performance that was critical of […]
The Future of Late Night Television
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) A lot of problems are facing the major networks as cable channels continue to fracture their audiences. Johnny Carson is considered the gold standard for late night ratings, but he was […]
