Monthly Archives: April 2009

April 22, 2009

Posted on April 22, 2009

Today is Earth Day. The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, the same year the Environmental Protection Agency was created by President Nixon. Source: EPA

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April 21, 2009

Posted on April 21, 2009

The largest recorded lobster, caught off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1934, weighed 44.4 pounds and was at least 100 years old, according to scientists. Source: National Geographic

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Here There Be Pirates

Posted on April 21, 2009

We’ve been getting lots — you might even say a vast number — of queries about a new chain e-mail making the rounds. It’s about everyone’s new favorite topic: pirates. And the e-mail simultaneously praises the Navy SEALs who dramatically rescued Capt. Richard Phillips from three Somali pirates April 12 while …
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Hot Air on “This Week”

Posted on April 21, 2009

House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner was a guest on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on Sunday, and he made a remark that could use some clarification and correction. A conversation about climate change included the following exchange: Stephanopoulos: What is the Republican plan to deal with carbon emissions, …
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April 20, 2009

Posted on April 20, 2009

The two largest religious affiliations in the U.S. are Evangelical Protestant (26.3 percent of adults say they belong to churches in that group) and Catholic (23.9 percent). Source: Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

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Social Security for Immigrants and Refugees

Posted on April 17, 2009

Q: Do immigrants and refugees get more in benefits than a retired U.S. citizen gets in Social Security? A: This is nonsense. The claims propagated by a viral e-mail are not even close to the truth.

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Counting Mexico’s Guns

Posted on April 17, 2009 , Corrected on April 22, 2009

There’s no dispute that thousands of handguns, military-style rifles and other firearms are purchased in the U.S. and end up in the hands of Mexican criminals each year. It’s relatively easy to buy such guns legally in Texas and other border states and to smuggle them across. But is …
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The Last Ad of the 2008 Campaign?

Posted on April 16, 2009

A new Democratic National Committeeradio ad in Minnesota asks listeners to call Norm Coleman to tell him "it’s time to concede" his long-fought race against Al Franken for the U.S. Senate, and  "to stop putting his political ambition ahead of what’s right for Minnesota." Earlier this week, a three-judge panel …
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Shot off the Mark

Posted on April 16, 2009

Earlier this week Americans United for Safe Streets, the gun safety advocacy group financially supported by New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, released a television ad attacking former Attorney General Bob McDonnell of Virginia, a Republican running to be the state’s governor. The ad features Omar Samaha, whose sister died in …
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Slavery Reparations?

Posted on April 15, 2009

Q: Would a bill in Congress require looking into possible reparations for slavery? A: Such a bill exists but President Obama has nothing to do with it, contrary to what a chain e-mail implies.

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