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‘2016: Obama’s America’ filmmaker — I am not having an affair

Editor’s note: In September, author/director Dinesh D’Souza’s movie “2016: Obama’s America,” became the second highest grossing political documentary of all time. On October 16th, on the day of the film’s release on DVD, an Evangelical Christian publication, World magazine, published…

Dear debate commission, if you won’t kill off this silly town hall format…

Editor’s note: The second presidential debate took place at Hofstra University in New York on October 16. Here are some of the top tweets of the evening. Dana Perino ‏@DanaPerino:I am hereby begging the Romney campaign to ignore questions about…

Purr-fect ‘Pic for Pets’ app helps increase animal adoption

Looking to adopt a new pet? A new mobile app called “Pics for Pets” puts your directly in touch with animal shelters in your area. The app for iOS and Android devices was created by DoSomething.org to increase shelter animal…

The truth about the Ryan-Biden debate

The vice presidential debate gives Paul Ryan a unique opportunity to explain Mitt Romney’s economic programs and ideas in front of a massive national audience. We will see Paul Ryan at his best. And that is very, very good. He…

Innovative ways to use Skype for design, beauty, wellness and cooking

Skype is no longer just for keeping in touch with your grandparents — many people are using it to get the everyday done better. Mary Helen Bowers, the founder and CEO of Ballet Beautiful, started using Skype to stay in…

Wireless surveillance: Bringing the Fourth Amendment to the 21st century

When Congressman Edward Markey discovered that the cellphone information of more than 1.3 million people was handed over to U.S. law enforcement last year, often without a judge’s consent, he felt something had to be done. Markey (D-Mass.), the senior…

On term ObamaCare, Obama says ‘I like it’

President Obama said “I like it,” in response to the term “ObamaCare” when used by his opponent Mitt Romney in the first presidential debate. Romney was going through a list of what he’d cut from spending and said, “Is the…

Despite Romney’s Gaffes, The Presidential Race Is Tightening

Don’t count him out yet. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) The race for the presidency is getting closer and closer by the day. While last week it looked like it could be a runaway victory for President Obama, new…

Celebrating 50 years of the ‘Beverly Hillbillies’

Fifty years ago, CBS introduced a new TV series that sharply divided American cultural opinion. Critics and intellectuals hated it, and it became for them a symbol of how far television had fallen since the so-called “golden age” of live,…

 What ‘Looper’ tells us about the American future

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, foreground, and Paul Dano in a scene from the action thriller “Looper” (AP/Sony Pictures Entertainment) Which science-fiction scenario better describes the future: “Star Trek” or “Blade Runner”? That is, can we look forward to the utopian vista of…