While many Americans were enjoying a brief weekend break from the tedium of a typical work week, Tucson, Arizona saw a tragic drama unfold that would shock the entire country. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, while conducting a neighborhood meeting at a grocery store in Tucson, was shot in the head by a lone assassin along with 19 others at the meeting. A Federal District Judge, John Roll, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, was killed along with a nine year old girl who was born on 9/11/2001. The total number of people killed has been reported at 6, including a staffer for Giffords. Amidst all of this carnage were conflicting reports of the lone gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, and consternatingly, his "seeming" political affiliations. more »

As America readies for its time of Thanksgiving, this Holiday Season will most likely be far, far more meaningful than any Thanksgiving in recent memory. The fact that the world as we know it that has seemed to be balancing on a precipice for far too lon… more »

The Mainstream Media most recently has been in a "self-contemplative mode," questioning their own coverage intensity over these past few days as demonstrated in a number of columns, as well as a particularly nauseating sequence of verbal give-and-take be… more »