Biden: Obama prepared to take executive action on gun control


President Obama will likely take executive action in an effort to tamp down the recent rash of gun violence, Vice President Biden said Wednesday.

“The president is going go act,” said Biden, who is conducting meetings all week on the issue of gun control. “There are executive orders, executive action that can be taken. We haven't decided what that is yet, but we're compiling it all.”

Morgan guest advocates "popping" Alex Jones

Just how low can reality television go?

From January 10th's Providence Journal

by JOHN KASS

I can’t believe that I’m actually going to type the words “reality TV has hit a new low.”    But it has, with “All My Babies’ Mamas.”    If you aren’t already depressed about American culture and the entertainment pimps who produce such garbage, check out the saga of the rapper and his 10 former girlfriends and 11 children.    I’m not going to do it. So you’ll have to.    It’s scheduled to debut on the Oxygen cable channel this spring. Already there’s an online petition blasting the producers for creating what amounts to a “minstrel show” — as one blogger called it — stereotypically demeaning African-Americans, especially black women.    I understand why the petitioners are angry. But the show doesn’t demean only black women. It demeans us all.

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In decline and in denial

From the CRANSTON HERALD

by Steve Frias

The year is new but the problems are the same for Rhode Island. For decades, Rhode Island has had a weak economy. Currently, Rhode Island has the second highest unemployment rate in the nation and is ranked as having the worst business climate in the country. Rhode Island’s most recent effort to rejuvenate its economy, the 38 Studios video game venture, turned into a debacle. Recently, Rhode Island’s elected officials have suggested Rhode Island’s economy can be rejuvenated if changes are made to Rhode Island’s Economic Development Corporation, or if gay marriage is approved, or maybe just by communicating better about the positive aspects of Rhode Island.

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Are we raising a generation of deluded narcissists?

from FOXNews.com

by DR KEITH ABELOW

A new analysis of the American Freshman Survey, which has accumulated data for the past 47 years from 9 million young adults, reveals that college students are more likely than ever to call themselves gifted and driven to succeed, even though their test scores and time spent studying are decreasing.


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