Bob McCarty Writes

Citizens of the world awoke to find President Barack Obama had won both the Nobel Peace Prize and two Cy Young Awards.  Because no one likes surprises, I’ve combed the internet to uncover news about seven more awards (below) our nation’s 44th president will receive this year:
7.  World Series MVP — By way of Executive [...]

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The news lately has been filled with very rude people, according to Uncle Jay.  In this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News, Uncle Jay appears to have become extremely civilized.
“Just trying to set a good example,” he says.  And as long as you don’t watch the final ten seconds, you’ll think he succeeds! [...]

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From out of the “strange news” file comes word that a “Savage Dragon” comic book, the cover of which features a flag-waving President Barack Obama smacking terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, sold for $202.50 on eBay® Italy March 10.
An Image Comics Group’s publication, Savage Dragon brings to life the story of a “a large, finned, [...]

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In a post Dec. 5, 2007, I expressed skepticism about fast-food filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s claim that he had found Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Three months later, I wrote a post about the release of a trailer for Spurlock’s documentary, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? Since then however, I’ve heard very [...]

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Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has released a new trailer for his upcoming documentary, “Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?”

News of its release comes nearly three months after I published a post expressing my deep skepticism about the claims made by the man behind the 2006 fast-food documentary, Fast-Food Nation. Others, including Debbie Schlussel, [...]

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