If Martin Luther King were alive today he’d be a pro-life social conservative. That’s what Dr. Alveeda King, full-time Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., says. Some on the left are discounting that notion, arguing that, if anything, MLK leaned toward socialism — making…

Angels to protect Tucson mourners from Westboro kooks. The anti-gay, anti-Catholic, anti-everybody Westboro Baptist Church wackos are planning to picket the funerals of the victims of the tragic Arizona shooting that killed six and wounded 14 others (including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords). Fortunately, there are real angels out their in the form of area residents who…

The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and several other innocent bystanders (six of whom died) on Saturday is a horrible tragedy. Every sane person agrees with that and our hearts and prayers go out to all the victims. Every sane person can also agree with the need to tone down venomous rhetoric on both…

A federal appeals court throws out FCC’s $1.4 million indecency fine again NYPD Blue. The court rules that showing Charlotte Ross’ tush in a 2003 episode gets a pass because the FCC’s enforcement of its indecency rules is “unconstitutionally vague and chilling.”  The Parents Television Council, predictably, labels the ruling to be “as devoid of…

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