Last week, we did a story on The New York Times’ choice to put a thin model on the cover of its “T Magazine” and the response it received from the Times’ readership. Watch the story here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Nw7LlI7x22I To which the cover model Julia Nobis’ father, Eddy Nobis, responded with …

“John Kiriakou, the former CIA agent who revealed details of the US government’s use of waterboarding against senior al-Qaeda suspects, has written an open letter describing his time in federal prison surrounded by drug dealers, fraudsters and child molesters.”* Ex-CIA officer John Kiriakou who exposed the CIA’s torture program is …

“Commenting on the rise of “breadwinner moms,” Fox News host Eric Bolling speculated the socioeconomic development would result in more abortions. “If you read into that study… the reason is exactly what we’ve been talking about right here, the breakdown of the American family,” he said on Fox’s The Five. …

“A Democrat would-be Capitol Hill intern has the opposite party looking out for her career prospects — or at least one Republican House staffer. Roll Call got a hold of an email said GOP staffer sent around, attempting to help his left-wing college pal. Why would she make a good …

” America’s working mothers are now the primary breadwinners in a record 40 percent of households with children — a milestone in the changing face of modern families, up from just 11 percent in 1960.”* A recent Pew poll says that working mothers are now the top breadwinners in their …

“Letters laced with the deadly poison ricin sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the lobbying organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns illustrate how the group has emerged as a focal point of anger for opponents of gun control.”* President Obama and other high-ranking officials have been getting ricin- a …

“The father of a Chechen man shot dead while being interviewed by the FBI in Florida last week over his connection to one of the Boston bombing suspects has accused US agents of killing his son “execution-style”.* Ibragim Todashev, who was being questioned for his friendship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was …

“Breaking a week of silence about allegations that he was filmed smoking crack in the presence of Somali drug dealers, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford called a Friday afternoon press conference to adamantly deny the reports. “There has been a serious accusation from the Toronto Star that I use crack cocaine,” …

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