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…

Ricky Gervais gives a nasty spin to Golden Globes. Not that the British comedian/actor didn’t warn them. The producers got what they paid for. Still, he may have drawn more blood than laughs from his audience — and the laughs that he got weren’t the feel-good kind. One anonymous comment posted at Hollywood Reporter said…

Even Fox News praised President Obama’s Arizona memorial address. Can we set the reset button now and resolve to A.) resist assuming that anyone who disagrees with our particular politics is filled with hate, phobia or ill intent, B.) resist using inflammatory language or imagery in our discourse, C.) resist the urge to use tragedy…

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…

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