These selected commentaries and news stories from various reliable sources will reflect my world as I observe it. Subjects cover a wide range, from natural and human-created disasters, war, crime, politics, murder and religion to love-hate relationships; from the wonderful to the horrendous to the somewhat silly; and often my personal thoughts. Links to real news and information. -- Toney Atkins
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: Jared Leto, James Franco, Lupita Nyong’o Win Acting Prizes | Variety
From Variety.com
On Friday night on his Fox News Channel show, Bill O’Reilly made a show of attempting to understand the motivations and thinking of the people he deemed “angry” atheists, asking, “Are they that bitter against religion?” Raw Story spoke with…
A 26-year-old woman with a turbulent past took an unconventional route to finding peace and happiness over the holidays this year. According to Stockton, CA’s Channel 10 News, William Jessup University student Jackie Turner has faced a lifetime of…
Police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania arrested a pair of newlyweds who used Craigslist to lure a man to his death “because they wanted to kill someone together.” Elytte Barbour told the officers who arrested him that he and his new wife, Miranda, had…