WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 25 – In response to President Barack Obama’s meeting with Republican Senators today to discuss how to move forward on immigration reform Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Executive Vice-President, Eliseo Medina released the following statement: “President Obama’s admirable effort to invite Republicans to the table on immigration reform is[Read More…]
Commentary
Jon Stossel Calls for Repeal of Public Accommodations Section of Civil Rights Act
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski My opinion: John Stossel is a crazy libertarian. I’m not criticizing all libertarians everywhere. But John Stossel is crazy. In my humble opinion. I heard him speak a few years ago at the Annual Meeting of the Inland Press Association. He used an ice rink experiment/analogy[Read More…]
MSNBC’s Red Tape Chronicles Takes On Credit Card Swipe Fees
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Bob Sullivan covers Internet scams and consumer fraud for MSNBC.com. He is the winner of multiple journalism awards for his coverage of online crime and author of Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day and What You Can Do About It. and Your[Read More…]
New Truck Emissions Standards a Strong Start
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2010. President Barack Obama is announcing today that the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are setting the first-ever emissions standards for medium and heavy duty trucks starting in 2014 and will begin the next round of standards for cars and light trucks[Read More…]
One Month after the BP Blowout, Sierra Club Calls for Drilling Moratorium Disaster is a Wake Up Call
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2010. Today marks one month since BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded, killing 11 workers and creating an environmental and economic catastrophe in the Gulf Coast. Today, Sierra Club and other conservation groups sent a letter to President Obama calling for a formal moratorium on new[Read More…]
Rep. Mark Souder, Longtime Anti-Marijuana Zealot, Resigns Amid Scandal
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2010. Rep. Mark Souder (R-Indiana), perhaps the most fanatic opponent of sensible marijuana laws in the U.S. Congress, announced that he is resigning this morning amid revelations that he had an affair with a 45-year-old staffer. Souder, who was preparing to run for his ninth term in[Read More…]
Broad Coalition Urges Attorney General To Leave Miranda Warnings Intact
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2010. A broad coalition of human rights, religious and civil liberties groups sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday urging him to reconsider his call to Congress to “modernize” the public safety exception to Miranda warnings for terrorism suspects. Miranda warnings, ruled by the U.S. Supreme[Read More…]
Reflections After a Tuesday Morning, I-57 Texting-While-Driving Related Accident
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski A driver passing an accident on I-57 shared something he overheard from an officer at the scene. The driver I spoke with said he was driving on I-57 when traffic slowed to a crawl passing the scene of an accident. He rolled down his window as[Read More…]
Jewel-Osco: Where Have All The People Gone?
Brief Commentary By Gary Kopycinski I ran to Jewel-Osco Sunday before mass for dish detergent, and left with everything but. After forgetting the item I really needed, I debated on waiting for a cashier, or trying to negotiate one of the so-called “self-checkout” lanes. Been there before, and the self-checkouts[Read More…]
Don’t Make Me Laugh, They Might Sue You
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director What is it about humor that all too often results in situations that decidedly are not a laughing matter? Free speech in comedy attracts controversy as well as belly laughs, and in the case of two[Read More…]
