by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 25, 2011 | Luke Historians, Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
What is newsworthy about Lawrence O’Donnell scoffing at “the end of the world”? Last week, Lawrence O’Donnell attempted to live up (or arguably down) to his Beck-bashing maestro predecessor Keith Olbermann by unleashing a litany about Bill O’Reilly,...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 5, 2011 | The Washington Times Communities, World Views
Is it offensive for a Super Bowl ad to invite viewers to look up a reference familiar to football culture? FOX Sports might be unintentionally insulting the intelligence of its viewers. Super Bowl XLV is around the corner, meaning ‘tis the season to see industries...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 21, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
As a citizen of Alabama, I’m always on the lookout for news from my state that would interest a national audience enough to highlight in a column. Thus, the other day I was at first excited to see that our new governor had made broad headlines. Disappointingly,...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 24, 2010 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
The First Amendment commotion that appeared during the Widener Law School debate between Coons and O’Donnell was initiated by a bogus premise. Once again, the question of evolution was brought up in the race between the Senate candidates of Delaware, Chris Coons...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 2, 2010 | Politics, Reminiscences, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
As science is increasingly politicized in the Delaware senate race, viewers have to wonder – what is a Darwinian skeptic, and is it safe to have one in Congress? Last week, Bill Maher didn’t unearth an archived youthful indiscretion to make Christine O’Donnell the...
