By Laurie Baron
If glitches continue to plague HealthCare.gov, the Affordable Health Care Act is slated to be renamed the Inaccessible Health Care Act. .
Dan Snyder, the politically insensitive owner of the Washington Redskins, is considering less offensive names for his team. Possible alternatives are: The Washington Firewater Drinkers, The Washington Savages, and The Washington Scalpers.
Facebook has reversed its policy of banning videos of beheadings, but to warn members of their graphic content, it will only feature them on a specialized social network: Defacedbook.
The men who toppled a boulder from an ancient rock formation in Utah’s Golden Valley State Park have been sentenced to life pushing boulders up to the top of the highest hill in the park only to have a penal officer push them back down.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International issued a scathing condemnation of American drone attacks in Pakistan. Moments later the headquarters of both groups inexplicably exploded.
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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted at lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com