Must See Documentary

 A Must See Movie is about Bobby Hurley's Basketball Program at St. Anthony's in Jersey City. Not only has he won the most high school basketball state championships, but he molds young men and sends them to college. A great story about a man who has devoted his life to shaping impressionable young men.
The Documentary is "The Street Stops Here"

Romney raking in the cash

Romney Rakes in the Cash

Benefits to Dead people

The AP reports that the US government has paid $600 Million in benefits over the past five years to dead people

Federal Legal protections eroding, making more people criminals

With more and more Federal Legal Protections, more and more people are becoming criminals as we are all having our freedoms slowly taken away.

Path to Palestinian state hood

The Path to Palestinian state hood is not going to be driven by the UN

Dancing with the Stars Controversy

Some conservative christian groups are making hay over the fact that a transgender individual will appear on this season's dancing with the stars. Lewis Black wonders why a transgendered person is so controversial and not all of the convicted felons that have been on the show.

Funny Pensions for state legislators

Funny calculations involved in these state legislators pensions

What Teachers Want to Tell Parents

What Teachers want to tell parents.  A lesson on why most teachers only last 4.5 years (on average), why some teachers give straight A's (so no one will bother them) and how teachers want to work with parents.

Santorum asks for Google to Censor its search of him

Rick Santorum asks google to alter the search results for his name. It should be noted that Yahoo, and Bing show the same #1 result for "Santorum"

Arsenic in your apple juice

Dr. Oz recently reported that some apple juice is unsafe for consumption due to arsenic. The FDA has called him irresponsible and accused him of fear mongering and called his report 'misleading'.

Here we go again

Congress is having trouble coming up with passing a budget

Union Pension millions

In chicago, it is possible to get millions in pension benefits for Chicago union leaders

Bachman's comment will have ripple effects

Bachman's comments on the HPV vaccine are likely to have ripple effects for years. Currently 4,000 Americans die from cervical cancer, the HPV vaccine can prevent most forms of disease that cause cervical cancer.

Warren Buffet Rule

Is warren buffet really taxed at a rate less than his secretary? No, he isn't

Obama's Fact Check on Buffet Rule

President Obama recently stated that Millionaires shouldn't pay less in taxes than their secretaries and they don't.  The average Federal Tax rate for a millionaire is 29.1%, the average federal tax rate for someone making 50-75K is 15.1%.
In all the top 10% of Americans pay the majority of federal taxes and 70% of federal income taxes.

Congressman saves man's life

Congressman saves man's life in Airport

Obama's Debt Plan

Obama's Debt Reduction Plan: Raise Taxes, primarily on people that won't be voting for him.

Eight Dumbest restaurant laws

Zagat lists its eight dumbest restaurant laws

ADA: license to sue

A man in California makes a living by suing businesses for ADA violations.  He has no other job, he makes his living by suing businesses.

Bachman continues to take flak

Michelle Bachman is getting flak all over the place for her claim that the HPV vaccine can cause mental retardation

Change the way we think about regulation

Philip K. Howard talks in a radio interview about how we need to change the way we think about regulation

HPV Vaccine Controversy

The Daily Show Lampoons Michelle Bachman for slamming Rick Perry over the HPV vaccine. Even Rush Limbaugh has slammed Bachman for her claim that HPV vaccine could cause mental retardation.

Sweet Tax Breaks for... Video Game Makers?

One group receiving fantastic amount of tax breaks and subsidies is the video game industry.

Challenging what you know about AIDS in Africa

In a 15 minute talk on Ted.com Emily Oster flips the script about AIDS in Africa and analyzing the data like an economist.

If you don't like something, sue someone

A Graduate student at Yale was tragically murdered. Her parents have decided to sue Yale for failing to protect women.

Bachman takes on Perry

Bachman takes on Perry, jabs him over his support of HPV vaccine and his ties to MERCK.

Fact Checking Bachman

Pediatricians are Fact Checking Michelle Bachman's rant against the HPV vaccine.  It's safe and it saves lives.

Who is Buddy Roemer?

Getting to Know Buddy Roemer republican presidential hopeful

Medical Coding and the government

The Medical Billing coding is about to get a lot more specific. It is about to expand from 18,000 to 140,000 medical codes, including 312 codes for injuries related to animals. It also includes a code for if you have walked into a lamppost.

On Regulation Crushing Business, Freedom

Federal Law alone contains over 160 million words, laws too specific and complex to allow businesses to adapt freely. Regulations have become overly burdensome.

Repeal Excess Law

Governor Scott of Florida wants to repeal excess laws and rules that hurt the economy and don't keep people safe

Private Pools and the ADA

Will private pools shut their door for public use because of a new provision in Americans with Disabitilies Act.

60 Minutes interviews "the interrogator"

An excellent piece by 60 minutes about the FBI's top interrogator who helped uncover the mastermind of 9/11 and how he was replaced with "enhanced interrogators".

Muslims detained after 9/11

10 years after 9/11 let us also remember the Muslims who were rounded up and detained for being Muslim Men of a certain age.

Brown's Simple Message

Governor Brown's Simple Message: You can't legislate everything.

Taxes you don't realize you are playing

Various taxes and fees that you don't realize you are playing

Rape Myths do harm too

1 in 4? Rape Myths do harm too. It is time we all recognize that the number 1 in 4 is a myth.

How the Rich can Fix Social Security

An Unique idea about how the rich could save social security.

Spheres of Influence

Economic spheres of influence

Obama Unveils 400 Billion Dollar Jobs Plan

Obama Unveils his $450 Billion Jobs Plan

Jon Stewart interviews Buddy Roemer

Jon Stewart interviews republican presidential candidate and former Governor Buddy Roemer

Researching the "rape culture"

Taking a look at the original data and how we came up with the number 1 in 4 college women will be the victims of rape or attempted rape

Under Suspicion at The Mall of America

A Fine NPR piece about how reporting "suspicious persons" is turning out: not well

Eleven Facts about Buddy Roemer

Eleven Facts about Presidential Hopeful Buddy Roemer

Tales of Manufactured Conflict

From Jon Stewart Tales of Manufactured Consent.
President Obama scheduled a speech to talk about jobs. Republicans asked him to move it because there is a Republican debate on that same day. The president made a reasonable accommodation and everyone should be happy our politicians acted like adults. Somehow the 24 hour news media managed to try and turn it into "schedule gate" or "speech gate". Reporters spent more time on the scheduling non-issue than on the substance of president Obama's jobs plan.

The Campus Rape Myth

Debunking the myth that there is an epidemic of rape on college campuses.  People often cite the number 1 in 4 women will be the victims of rape or attempted rape during college. This would mean that the rate of violent crimes is 10 times higher on college campuses than they are in Detroit. Does that even make sense? This article explains how the number 1 in 4 is obtained and why it is dishonest. Of those 1 in 4, 42% reported having sex with their "attacker" again.

Border Patrol with nothing to do

Charges of wasteful spending are being levied after a border agent publicly stated that there is nothing to do,.

Nation's Jails struggle with Mentally Ill Inmates

Our Nations penal system has become the new institution for many mentally ill

Rape: 1 in 4... really?

Many people assert that one in four college women are the victims of sexual assault. There is even a non profit called 1 in 4.
But if you crunch the numbers... they just don't add up. Even if you make an assumption that 90% of rapes are unreported then you still can't get anywhere near the 1 in 4 number.

The biggest rally in the history of Israel

Biggest Rally in Israel's history for economic reforms, cost of living expenses.

Is benefits law dragging down the postal service?

Is it unwise legislation dragging down the postal service?

Postal Service may default on debt obligation

Postal Service may default on its responsibilites

Break through in wind technology?

Will a break through in wind technology make the industry viable?

Rape: False Rape Accusations

The issue of rape is often a hot topic in our society. I hope that this can be a forum where people feel free to challenge some of the common preconceptions we have about rape and rape statistics.
This first article was a several year long study of a small city that looked at the percentage of false rape accusations.

The dangers of outsourcing

The perils of outsourcing. Outsourcing can lead to lower costs and better business, but sometimes it leads to headaches, cut corners and disasters. Boeing learned that the hard way with the 787 dream liner.

CIA, MI6 helped Colonel Ghadfi

CIA and MI6 may have helped the Libyan regime

America needs a vacation

Fareed Zakaria: Hey America, take a vacation

The complicated tri-state relationship

The complicated politics and strategy of the Taiwan-Chinese-American foreign policy relationship

The New Rules for Sex on Campus

Philadelphia magazine has an excellent piece about the idiotic new regulations passed by the federal government that turns most college men into sexual predators. This shouldn't shock anyone that the government would fly in the face of common sense.

DVR box sucking down the energy

Your DVR box is likely to be using more electricity than your refrigerator

Neglect charges for mom that allowed girl to bike to school

Neglect charges for mom that allowed girl to bike to school

putting the breaks on high speed rail in britain

Putting the brakes on a high speed rail project in Britain.

New Mexico State Police officer caught in the act

New Mexico State police officer was found on surveillance camera to be having sex on the hood of a car, no charges will be filed against the officer.

Wiki Leaks releases entire archive of US embassy cables

Wiki Leaks releases entire archive of US embassy cables. The move was criticized by newspapers as it may compromise confidential sources.

The new $15 LED

The new LED will use 85% less than incandescent, 35% less than compact florescent and will last about 8 years.

India's anti-corruption movement

Indian's anti-corruption movement is gaining momentum

Broken Tax System

Jon Huntsman says that we don't have a 21st century tax code, that it is broken and we need to start from scratch and fix it.

San Francisco city government manages to spend 700K on a wheel chair ramp

In a ludicrous example of government waste San Francisco manages to spend 700K on a wheel chair ramp for city hall. They also managed to spend $200,000 moving a bush last year.

Ending up in Handcuffs for Doodling

A twelve year old in New York was arrested for doodling on her desk in erasable marker

If you don't like something, sue someone

Woman drowned her kids, killed herself. Father is suing for county 'failing to warn' about the incline into the river.