Jelly shoes. Guys with frosted hair tips. Hand-held games. Wallet chains. Sony DiscMan. Netscape. Giga Pets. They’re remnants of another decade. And so in one regard is the man who offers to shape up America’s schools this century. Jeb Bush’s education policies come from another time altogether. They come from a time when…
Ninety-four percent of the residents of Denver, Colo., have health coverage. By contrast, if state averages apply, only 76 percent of those in Denver City, Texas, do. Do you live in Denver, Fla., east of Gainesville? Based on the state average, you have a one-in-five chance of having no health coverage. Good luck…
On “The Nightly Show,” Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore nailed it. After the University of Oklahoma kicked its SAE fraternity off campus for a racist display that even for rich white boys was way past the pale, Wilmore quipped: "Don't worry; you won't be seeing any more of those frat boys — until…
As the Oscars telecast moved on with impassioned acceptance speeches, one pondered the hypersonic rate at which Republican viewers were finding other fare. Yes, we’re talking five times the speed of sound. How many Republicans left when “Imitation Game” screenwriter Dustin Black spoke for gay rights? Or when Patricia Arquette for equal…
The biggest jury pool in history has been summoned in the case of the man who admits he shot dead 12 people and wounded 70 in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. Whenever it is that 12 untainted jurors can be seated — among the 9,000 summoned — to try James Holmes, they should do…