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POLITICALLY CORRECT IS BECOMING POLITICALLY INCORRECT

I don’t know ultimately if Donald Trump would make a good president or not. However his stance on “Political Correctness” resonates with me as well as a lot of Americans. The perception most people have of politicians is they won’t speak their minds for fear of offending voters and thus hurting their approval ratings. Yeah, The Donald apparently ain’t worried about that. Listen to his exchange with a reporter who scolded him for referring to illegal immigrant babies born in this country as “anchor babies”.

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7 hours ago in Entertainment

‘Rent’ musical celebrates its 30th Broadway anniversary with a starry show: ‘No day but today’

Jordan Fisher was in middle school when he first heard it. He was at his first cast party, gathering with fellow performers around his drama teacher's piano after some community theater.

13 hours ago in News, Sports

A-State Survives in Five-Set Thriller at Southern Miss

Arkansas State volleyball (12-8, 8-1 SBC) posted a season-high 14 total blocks and limited Southern Miss (14-6, 5-4 SBC) to a .118 attack percentage in a hard-fought 3-2 (25-20, 25-16, 23-25, 21-25, 15-12) victory on Thursday night inside the Southern Miss Wellness Center.

14 hours ago in Sports

Thunder star and NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s record 20-point streak ends at 141 games

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander decided it was time for his record streak of 20-point games to end. The Oklahoma City star's run of 141 consecutive regular season contests with at least 20 points ended Thursday night when he subbed himself out toward the end of a game against the Denver Nuggets.