When my mother immigrated to America from Ireland in 1959, the first thing she learned about was Baseball. Her stipend from nursing school was small, so once she had climbed to her perch in the nose-bleeds, she was not only in “Baseball- Heaven” emotionally, but darn close physically.
In 1974, then living in San Jose, California, [...]
What David Horowitz and My Irish Mother Know About Baseball
April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When Fox News Might as Well Be MSNBC: Special Report Trashes Geert Wilders
March 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier featured a segment tonight on Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ blasphemy trial in the Netherlands. (See some of NRB’s John L. Work’s posts on it here and here.)
The segment featured these descriptors of Wilders:
“A man who inspires fierce emotions.”
“Anger on the streets of London. The object of the demonstration [...]
Feminism: The Masquerade
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
You’ve got a long way to go, baby. And don’t you forget it.
This oasis of freedom and equality we call the United States? It’s all a mirage, says leftist feminist Jessica Valenti. In fact, “We’re suffering under the mass delusion that women in America have achieved equality.”
Well, thanks for the armchair diagnosis, Jessica, but I [...]
Join us at NewsReal Tonight for Live Coverage of the State of the Union
January 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
NewsReal will feature three kinds of coverage for the President’s State of the Union speech tonight at 9 PM EST:
Diane Suffern, Sandra Lee, Jeff Hedgpeth and Lori Ziganto will be live-tweeting throughout the speech. To follow them then click here and follow NRB’s list of bloggers on twitter.
F. Swemson will be live-blogging the speech at [...]
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