Even during the pie-ing episode of a few months ago, little attention was paid to Thomas Friedman’s most important connection to Providence. Not a huge surprise, as he rarely, if ever, discusses his own economic status (and some might say, conflict of interest): He is a billionaire, through his wife, as her family owns General …
Has this one hit the mainstream yet? Twistings of truth and outright lies — exaggerated promises of benefits, downplayed odds of seeing combat — are sadly not uncommon military recruitment tactics. (Neither is parking outside of a high school in a tricked-out Hummer with an awesome sound system, and flat screens on which you can …
Here they go after Chuck Levesque, in one of the more dismal and disgusting attack pieces I’ve seen in a while. (I was making calls for Levesque yesterday, and I’m happy to report that the attack seems to have backfired.) Some obvious points, in rebuttal: 1) Undocumented immigrants aren’t actually eligible for drivers licenses. 2) …