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Flatiron Hot! News | November 5, 2024

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In Critiques of Obama, John McCain Reveals Willful Ignorance on Iraq

August 10, 2014 |

When Obama announced limited air strikes against ISIS, his goals were very specific. The first was to protect U.S. facilities and personnel at Erbill, the “capital” of a semi-autonomous Kurdish region.  The second goal was to prevent a “potential act … Read More

Todd Akin Returns, Shines New Spotlight on GOP War on Women

July 21, 2014 |

Todd Akin is back with a vengeance. In 2012, the Missouri Republican lost a winnable Senate seat for the GOP to vulnerable Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill when he let slip: “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways … Read More

Americans Side With Obama, Dems on Ukraine and the Middle East

July 21, 2014 |

Turn on the news and you might get the impression that foreign policy hawks are making a comeback. There’s a good chance you’ll see the likes of John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz and even the disgraced Dick … Read More

Hobby Lobby Decision Reflects Supreme Court’s Special Treatment of Pro-Life Views

June 30, 2014 |

Today, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Hobby Lobby vs Sebelius that “pro-life” business owners may abstain from covering women’s contraceptives that violate their religious beliefs. This is not only a major blow to women’s rights, but also … Read More

Why Eric Cantor’s Stunning Defeat is a Major Victory for the Tea Party

June 11, 2014 |

Mere hours after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning loss to economics professor David Brat in Virginia’s 7th district, the GOP establishment got to work trying to spin the resounding defeat in their favor. Their goal: to convince everyone that … Read More

Flatiron Hot! Pundit: Revolution Books Hosts Lewis Lapham, Andy Zee Conversation

May 10, 2014 |

Anyone with the least bit of interest in the written word is no doubt aware that bookstores are in a desperate fight against extinction. Amazon, combined with the invention and rapid spread of tablets, have made it easier than ever … Read More

Flatiron Hot! Pundit: Paid Sick Leave & How One Flatiron Company is Trying to Comply

May 7, 2014 |

Effective May 1st, 2014, all employers in New York City were required to provide their employees with notice regarding the city’s new paid sick leave law. Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the Earned Sick Time Act on March 20th and … Read More

How Cellphone Games Rot Our Brains, Poison Our Souls and Ruin Society

April 28, 2014 |

Cellphone games are evil. Well, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but not as much as you might think. First and foremost, they deprive us of an ostensibly unpleasant activity: doing nothing. Waiting. A lot of good things happen … Read More

Cliven Bundy, Slavery Nostalgia and the Inherent Racism of the GOP

April 27, 2014 |

Cliven Bundy’s nostalgia for slavery is not news because a cartoonish rancher said something racist. That probably happens every day in bars throughout the west and the former confederate states of the south (no offense to non-racists in those regions). The … Read More

Stephen Colbert Tweet Exposes Dilemma of Racism, Political Correctness

March 28, 2014 |

Stephen Colbert deals in satire. His show, The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, is a satiric show. Judging by the public response to one of “his” tweets (actually tweeted by someone else, but that’s beside the point), many Americans don’t … Read More