Emory president apologizes
UPDATED, 3:20 p.m., Sunday:Emory University president James Wagner has apologized for "the hurt caused by not communicating more my own beliefs." He writes that "To those hurt or confused by my...
View ArticleEmory faculty blasts president for exalting “three-fifths” compromise
More than 30 members of the departments of history and African-American studies at Emory University have publicly rebuked the school's president for a controversial column that held up the...
View ArticleEmory board stands behind James Wagner
The Emory University board of trustees appears to be standing behind its embattled president, James Wagner.Wagner apologized for his controversial column in an Emory magazine -- which used the...
View ArticleHeat rising on Emory president
How much longer can James Wagner hold on at Emory University?Emory University faculty voted this week to censure the embattled president over his controversial column which used the notorious...
View ArticleDespite Donald Trump’s objections, Americans with Ebola returning to the...
The first American patient infected with the Ebola virus arrived in the United States on Saturday. He is being treated in a special isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atalanta. Dr. Kent...
View Article“Academia is the Titanic”: Mark Bauerlein on teaching in the morally-bankrupt...
In the New York Times on Sunday, Emory English professor Mark Bauerlein asked "What's the Point of a Professor?" and answered, in part, that what they should be is examples of "moral authority," but...
View ArticleAmy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence danced on top of Billy Joel’s piano so you...
It all began with an “I’m in love with you” fan letter. Then, it escalated to a boating trip to The Hamptons and a screenplay collaboration. Yesterday, the budding friendship between Jennifer Lawrence...
View ArticleRachel Maddow eviscerates the Bush administration’s incompetent Katrina...
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, President Barack Obama addressed a crowd in New Orleans, noting the ways the city has recovered. In his speech he referred to the tragic events that unfolded as a...
View ArticleDespite volatility, on-air rampage difficult to predict
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Living alone in a world of perceived slights, Vester Lee Flanagan II festered and fumed. His hair-trigger temper directed at a random collection of people he encountered never...
View ArticleRedskins say QB Griffin to miss Ravens game
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins say quarterback Robert Griffin III will miss Saturday’s exhibition game at the Baltimore Ravens because of a concussion, reversing an earlier decision to let...
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View ArticleVin Scully to return for record 67th year with Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vin Scully will return for a record 67th season in the broadcast booth for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The news was revealed in the second inning of Friday night’s game against the...
View ArticleStafford, Bortles shine as Lions beat Jaguars 22-17
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Stafford completed 11 of 15 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Detroit Lions beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 22-17 in a preseason game Friday night....
View ArticleScott Walker can’t be serious: He’s about to expose his own con on healthcare
Wisconsin governor and vanilla pudding made flesh Scott Walker is going through a bit of a slump in his campaign for the White House. After a debate performance that had all the pop and energy of a...
View ArticleWe have autism all wrong: The radical new approach we need to understand and...
The first thing I noticed about Jesse was the fear and anxiety in his eyes. I was visiting a small New England school district when I heard about an eight-year-old boy who had recently transferred from...
View ArticleThe 8 most atheist-friendly countries in the world
A lot of non-believer writers and activists focus, rightly, on the continuing lack of acceptance in many societies and nations of those who profess no belief in religion. Keeping an eye on what’s not...
View ArticleJeb Bush’s gigantic Iraq fail: Why he’s handling his brother’s toxic legacy...
Considering the level of clownish extremism in the Republican primary during these mangy dog days of August, it’s probably inevitable that we would start to see headlines like this one from the...
View ArticleDonald Trump is a professional wrestler: How the billionaire body-slammed GOP...
The first thing you should know about me is that I am an unapologetic fan of professional wrestling — of its outsize characters and operatic storylines, of its physical feats of strength and skill that...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s nativist police state: What “we have to keep the families...
To honor Julian Bond, the civil rights hero we lost this weekend, I didn’t watch Donald Trump on the Sunday shows. I read Ari Berman’s excellent “Give Us the Ballot” instead (more on that later this...
View ArticleA rare “SNL” sketch featuring Donald Trump has reportedly been scrubbed from...
At times, it may feel like there’s nothing Donald Trump won’t share with the public — with his tasteless Rosie O’Donnell burns, menstruation speculation and extreme anti-immigrant comments — but, in...
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