(CONNECTICUT) — After watching the first presidential debate last week, I thought President Barack Obama had a very bad night, Republican Mitt Romney had a very good night, neither lived up to expectations (high and low, respectively), and the whole thing amounted to a draw. The challenger must argue that the incumbent is no longer […]
(CONNECTICUT) — After watching the first presidential debate last week, I thought President Barack Obama had a very bad night, Republican Mitt Romney had a very good night, neither lived up to expectations (high and low, respectively), and the whole thing amounted to a draw. The challenger must argue that the incumbent is no longer […]
Are Big Bird’s 15 minutes up yet? Last week, Mitt Romney pulled public broadcasting into the presidential campaign when he said he would “stop the subsidy” to PBS, despite his love for the furry yellow Muppet. The remark launched endless Internet memes, fueled late night television jokes and spawned a satirical Obama campaign ad(which the Sesame Workshop, a […]
Are Big Bird’s 15 minutes up yet? Last week, Mitt Romney pulled public broadcasting into the presidential campaign when he said he would “stop the subsidy” to PBS, despite his love for the furry yellow Muppet. The remark launched endless Internet memes, fueled late night television jokes and spawned a satirical Obama campaign ad(which the Sesame Workshop, a […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – Judging from the latest public opinion polls, it is gearing up to be another very close election in which every vote really does count. But in the past couple of years, there has been a wave of laws restricting the right to vote and potentially making it harder for millions of […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – Judging from the latest public opinion polls, it is gearing up to be another very close election in which every vote really does count. But in the past couple of years, there has been a wave of laws restricting the right to vote and potentially making it harder for millions of […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – The curious case of Supap Kirtsaeng vs. John Wiley & Sons is about to draw a lot of national attention, and for good reason. Legal experts say it promises to be one of the top business and consumer cases in the current term of the Supreme Court (SCOTUS), which started this month, and […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – The curious case of Supap Kirtsaeng vs. John Wiley & Sons is about to draw a lot of national attention, and for good reason. Legal experts say it promises to be one of the top business and consumer cases in the current term of the Supreme Court (SCOTUS), which started this month, and […]
The frustrations and indignities of New York City’s criminal summonses system are on full display at 346 Broadway. Defendants who have received pink slips from the NYPD and other enforcement agencies wait for hours to find out where they are scheduled to appear before a judge, many for minor violations of quality-of-life laws. If they […]
The frustrations and indignities of New York City’s criminal summonses system are on full display at 346 Broadway. Defendants who have received pink slips from the NYPD and other enforcement agencies wait for hours to find out where they are scheduled to appear before a judge, many for minor violations of quality-of-life laws. If they […]
(MintPress) – Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has a theory about the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA): It is corrupting the government. Dotcom, who has been accused of costing the entertainment industry $500 million through his pirating website, has been in a long-standing battle with the MPAA over copyright infringement charges. And the MPAA’s anti-piracy […]
(MintPress) – Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has a theory about the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA): It is corrupting the government. Dotcom, who has been accused of costing the entertainment industry $500 million through his pirating website, has been in a long-standing battle with the MPAA over copyright infringement charges. And the MPAA’s anti-piracy […]
Lawsuits against the city’s police soared to a record 2,004 cases entering the courts in the year that ended July 1. That’s a 28 percent increase over the previous fiscal year, as recorded in the recently released Mayor’s Management Report. It indicates that the flood of cases brought against the New York City police — which […]
Lawsuits against the city’s police soared to a record 2,004 cases entering the courts in the year that ended July 1. That’s a 28 percent increase over the previous fiscal year, as recorded in the recently released Mayor’s Management Report. It indicates that the flood of cases brought against the New York City police — which […]
