“Nine boys collecting firewood to heat their homes in the eastern Afghanistan mountains were killed by NATO helicopter gunners who mistook them for insurgents, according to a statement on Wednesday by NATO, which apologized for the mistake. The NATO statement, which included an unusual personal apology by the commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan, [...]

The Grio: Lawsuits contesting President Obama’s birthplace have been routinely dismissed. The Supreme Court has declined to take up the issue. Hawaiian state officials have repeatedly offered to make copies of Obama’s birth certificate available (now for a fee). And mainstream GOP officials, including defrocked Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele called the issue a [...]

The 2012 Republican field for the presidency of the United States is lousy and decrepit. One of the hopefuls is Mike ‘FAT Jokeabee‘ Huckabee, the former 500 pound gorilla and Arkansas governor — who did better than expected in the 2008 Republican primaries — while dreaming of shooting Obama. Appearing as a guest commentator on [...]

   Columnist – John SammonI would like to ask this question. Aside from being on the wrong side of every social advancement made over the past 100 years including Civil Rights, Medicare, Social Security, Child Labor, Women’s Rights, Equal Jobs and Housing, the right to collectively bargain, to Unionize, what has the Republican Party ever passed? [...]

Fox News chief Roger Ailes is in hot water after reports that he told an employee to lie to the Feds. By: Russ Buettner and William K. Rashbaum It was an incendiary allegation — and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins in [...]