Well, we may remember him from other things (Stand By Me, Star Trek: The Next Generation), but Wil Wheaton has developed quite a blog. And, as opposed to other celebrity blogs, this one has substance, and we like it at Turning Left.
I like his politics.
This entry from January of this year is especially telling:
regarding [...]
Unbelievable. The NYTimes reports today on the very strange choice made by Anglican archbishops visiting the Tanzania:
Seven archbishops who say they represent more than 30 million Anglicans worldwide refused to take Communion here on Friday with the new head of the American Episcopal Church, to protest her support of gay clergy members and blessings [...]
Well, at last. And the Senate is capping off the House vote Saturday with a “rare weekend session,” according to ThePittsburghChannel.com.
Leave it to the Democrats to actually make Congress start to work.
The NYTimes reports that 17 Republicans broke ranks and voted with the Democrats in the House, and the Democrats in the House were [...]
Two well-known women have died recently. Somehow the attention given their deaths has been disproportionate. True that Anna Nicole Smith was, because of a strangely tragic life (and lifestyle), a well-known subject for the tabloids.? The loss of? Molly Ivins however,? barely rated a mention on the national news. It’s only in the last few [...]
From AlterNet, posted by Evan Derkacz:
On January 17, 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower said goodbye to public office with an address that concluded with the words below [strangely, the Eisenhower Library's version and the audio in the video to the right, differ slightly. Brackets represent the text in the Library version omitted from the audio file...].
You’re [...]
In this video, Penn & Teller tell it like it is with regards to psychic frauds, John Edwards (the dead talking guy, not the politician).
While it does have its fair share of profanity and may be offensive to some Christians, it’s worth watching and sharing.
There are many reasons to stay away from our local media in the south Chicagoland area. The newspapers have become the editor’s blog, opinion masquerading as news. Yes, we know Fox “News” is just a well-financed blog. But the local media drifts that way as well.
Welcome the absurd.
The Star Newspaper, published February [...]
