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Fox News host Geraldo Rivera: GOP crippled by right wing radio hosts
Fox News host Geraldo Rivera on Monday criticized the power that conservative radio show hosts wielded over the Republican Party. On HuffPost Live, Rivera described those who listened to conservative hosts like Rush Limbaugh as “absolutists” who were fond of the 1950s. He said…
Remembering the music of George Jones
George Jones, the country superstar who Jones had consistently had No. 1 songs from the 1950s to 1990s, has died at 81. The musician’s appeal crossed genres, as he was an inspiration to the likes of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Costello, and James Taylor. Below are some of his best tunes from across the decades:”He Stopped Loving Her Today” George Jones – LIVE He Stopped Loving Her Today.3gp from Dana on Vimeo.”The Grand Tour”"I Don’t Need Your Rocking Chair”"She’s My Rock”"Race is On”Continue Reading… … Read More
Religion’s media persecution complex
Carl M. Cannon bemoans the current state of religion reporting as if there was a time when the press provided smart, in-depth, contextualized coverage of religious leaders, issues, ideas, and communities. How did I miss that?That Golden Era wasn’t in the 1980s when reporters treated evangelicals as bumblers and missed the significance of the conservatives’ takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention. And it surely wasn’t during the late 1940s and 1950s when, according to Debra Mason, “the abundance of syndicated religion content says more about demand for such content than it does about the quality of religion beat reporting, given its lack of originality and its low level of journalistic skill.”Continue Reading… … Read More
Veteran comic and muscular dystrophy fundraiser Jerry Lewis to get special Cannes Film Festival tribute
Jerry Lewis, the US comedy star from the 1950s and 1960s who later poured his efforts into raising money for muscular dystrophy research, will get a special tribute at next month’s Cannes Film Festival, organisers said on Thursday. Lewis, 87 and with a history of ill-health, has a strong…
Ohio budget bill bans ‘second base’ from sex-ed class
The Ohio House Finance Committee on Tuesday approved a budget that prohibits teachers from condoning “gateway sexual activity,” according to The Columbus Dispatch. “Today the Ohio House Finance Committee voted to send our state back to the 1950s,” said Kellie Copeland, executive…
Ted Cruz: Joe McCarthy comparisons mean ‘we’re doing something right’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that he must be “doing something right” when critics compare him to Sen. Joe McCarthy, a Republican politician who was officially censured in the 1950s for using false accusations of communism to smear opponents. In a February report, The New York Times noted…
