Missy Smith, who is running against longtime Democrat incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton in the race to Washington D.C.’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, is out with what may be the most controversial ad of this campaign season (and that’s really saying something). (Note: The images diplayed in the ad are extremely graphic.) Smith,…

I had the good pleasure to talk with Ricky Skaggs last week. The 14-time Grammy-winning country music legend’s latest album called Mosaic features a collection of Christian-themed songs that serve as a testament to a career and life grounded in faith. Skaggs, 56, one of the best-selling stars the country music genre has ever produced…

The fallout continues from NPR’s decision to fire news analyst Juan Williams for admitting on The O’Reilly Factor that he gets a little a nervous when a group of Muslims board an airliner he is flying on. Whether his feelings are right or wrong, he’s certainly not alone in having them and a consensus appears…

Did you see Stephen Colbert storm off The View. It was all a joke, of course. He was having fun with all the hoopla following Joy Behar’s and Whoopi Goldberg’s decision to walk off their own show a few days earlier because Bill O’Reilly said Muslims attacked on 9/11. Some thoughts on both walk-offs. First,…

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