A week after a jury of six women found George Zimmerman “not guilty” of murdering Trayvon Martin, President Obama weighed in on Friday with extended remarks about his thoughts on the legal outcome and what message, if any, we should take away from this tragedy. While there were a few things that the President said…
Valedictorian Who Recited Lord’s Prayer: No Applause Here!
Call me contrary. First, I admitted on Facebook that I don’t like Duck Dynasty (I think the word I used was “loathed”). That’s a post for another day. Now, I’m confessing that I am not applauding Roy Costner, IV, the Valedictorian who tore up his prepared and approved speech and then led the assembled public…
“After Earth,” Will Smith & Shark Jumping!
Has Will Smith finally “jumped the shark?” Fans of the 1970’s sitcom, “Happy Days,” will remember the eponymous episode for which this cultural term is derived. Jumping the shark is an idiom created by Jon Hein that was used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality that is beyond recovery, which…
Will NFL’s Peterson Apologize For Gay Marriage Remarks?
Adrian Peterson, never one to shy away from telling us what he thinks, apparently doesn’t think much of gay marriage. In a recent interview, Peterson, the National Football League’s current Most Valuable Player, was asked about gay marriage, a hot-button topic in Minnesota. On August 1, the state that the Vikings call home, will legalize…
Boy Scouts Capitulate On Gay Youth Members
In a completely predictable move (to anyone paying attention), the Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to change their long-standing policy on banning gay youth from participating in Scouts. With 61.5% in favor of ending the ban and only 38.5% in support of continuing the ban, the BSA has capitulated to the radical gay…