Week In Review

The Supreme Court held last Monday that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live, expanding the conservative court’s embrace of gun rights since John Roberts became Chief Justice.

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Hundreds of thousands of gallons more oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico on last Wednesday after an undersea robot bumped a venting system and forced BP to remove a cap that had been containing some of the crude.

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Even Rolling Stone’s editor agreed with Gen. Stanley McChrystal that the Afghan war’s U.S. commander showed poor judgment in airing complaints about the Obama administration in the magazine.

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President Barack Obama wrested a $20 billion compensation guarantee and an apology to the nation from British oil giant BP last Wednesday, announcing the company would set up a major claims fund for shrimpers, restaurateurs and others…

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A U.S. Senate candidate asked for a new Democratic primary last Monday after he lost the previous week to an unemployed military veteran who raised no money and had no signs and no ads.

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Whatever it is, there’s something going in South Carolina that’s making its politics and politicians crazy. The latest case in S.C. of foot-in-mouth disease occurred last Thursday when Republican State Sen. Jake Knotts scored a racist two-fer…

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Longtime Washington journalist Helen Thomas abruptly retired last Monday as a columnist for Hearst News Service following remarks she made about Israel that were denounced by the White House and her press corps colleagues.

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Last Thursday, noted Philadelphia playwright, film scenarist and author Charles Fuller introduced his first novel, ‘Snatch’ to an enthusiastic and attentive audience during a book signing at the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP).

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State and local leaders have called for a federal investigation following the death of second-grader Aiyana Stanley-Jones, who was asleep on a sofa at home when police busted in with guns. At least one bullet was fired that struck the child in her neck and traveled to her brain…

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to up to five years in prison last Tuesday for violating the terms of his probation stemming from his conviction for lying under oath about an affair with his chief of staff.

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