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The saga of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner continues, as the ink is now drying on the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by attorney Gloria Allred on behalf of her client, Irene McCormack Jackson. A few hours after the press conference with Allred and her client, in...

In the aftermath of the Zimmerman trial we see outrage and protest among those who think Zimmerman is guilty of something or other, even if the criminal justice system couldn't quite put its finger on it. "He racially profiled Trayvon"---although there's no evidence whatsoever of racial...

There was a major development in San Diego today, as notorious civil rights lawyer Gloria Allred just finished a press conference with her client, a woman charging Mayor Bob Filner with sexual harassment: Irene McCormack Jackson, Mayor Bob Filner's former communications director, has filed a sexual...

ABC News reports that the first public sighting of Zimmerman since his acquittal occurred late last week while he was pulling a man from an overturned pickup truck on the side of the road. Zimmerman was one of two men who came to the aid of...

Demolition can move forward in Taksim Square's Gezi Park in Istanbul, Turkey, according to an administrative court's ruling. From Hurriyet Daily News: An Istanbul administrative court has unanimously overturned a lower court’s stay of order ruling on planned construction on Istanbul’s Gezi Park, allowing the demolition of...

Bryan Jacoutot ably explored the core reason for the Motor City's recently fiscal crash: unfunded liablities. As a former citizen of the Detroit area, I simply shake my head, as the city's race-based politics and poor business environment caused me to flee to the Golden State...

Detroit's declaration of bankruptcy has been discussed in countless articles, both the how and the why of it. One thing nearly everyone agrees on is that it's been a long time coming. Just how long? Well, if you'd like a musical interlude, just listen to this...

I was looking for a little lighter fare to close out a Sunday night, and this was one was sitting unread in my newsfeeds.  It made me smile.  I hope more like this 19 year old have as much passion as they try to navigate...

When did we start measuring the "success" of Congress based on the number of laws it passes?  Seriously.  I'm asking: when?  I don't really remember the moment or the year or even the decade, but at some point, Americans got into our heads that the...