On April 28, 2015, a Saudi-owned news outlet, Al-Arabiya, first published the news that an American-flagged cargo ship, the MV Maersk Tigris, had been fired upon by Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The ship, which was carrying 34 Americans, was then towed into the Iranian port of Bandar … Read more
At the White House Correspondents Association Dinner last Saturday night, President Obama got angry. With the help of his anger translator, Luther (played by comedian Keegan-Michael Key), the president abandoned his usual reasonable tone to condemn those who deny climate change. “The science is clear,” he began. “Every serious scientist says we need to act. … Read more
It takes but seconds to type the three words “vaccines cause problems” into the Google search box and generate tens of millions of results. Some articles feature desperate parents trying to warn the Internet of the life-altering ailments from which their sons and daughters suffer as a result of a single needle, of a scheming … Read more