#How NASCAR’s Toni Breidinger is gearing up for Talladega

#How NASCAR’s Toni Breidinger is gearing up for Talladega

“#How NASCAR’s Toni Breidinger is gearing up for Talladega” After Toni Breidinger graduated from high school in northern California,  there was only one place she wanted   to be: the little town of Mooresville, NC, aka “Race City, USA.” “If you want to be a singer, you go to LA,” said the 21-year-old. “You want to be…

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#Brooke Baldwin claims CNN’s leadership too male-dominated

#Brooke Baldwin claims CNN’s leadership too male-dominated

“#Brooke Baldwin claims CNN’s leadership too male-dominated” With little over a week left on the job, outgoing CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin is raising the curtain on the network’s male-dominated executive staff and how she had to “fight for women’s stories.”  “The most influential anchors on our network, the highest-paid, are men. My bosses, my executives,…

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#The church has its own rights and other commentary

#The church has its own rights and other commentary

“#The church has its own rights and other commentary” Religion beat: The Church Has Its Own Rights As Europe enters a second lockdown, “authorities are not imposing restrictions equally on churches and civil establishments,” seethes Gladden Pappin at First Things. “Instead, churches are arbitrarily subject to the harshest ­restrictions.” The disparities, especially glaring in France,…

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#The media’s mad race obsession and other commentary

#The media’s mad race obsession and other commentary

“#The media’s mad race obsession and other commentary” Iconoclast: Media’s Mad Race Obsession The first presidential debate was “atrocious” — but, argues Spiked ­Online’s Brendan O’Neill, the media’s race-obsessed coverage “hasn’t been much better.” President Trump’s ambiguous words on the right-wing Proud Boys “have whipped up global fury and rejuvenated the chattering classes’ beloved pastime…

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#Helen Reddy, singer of ‘I Am Woman,’ dead at 78

#Helen Reddy, singer of ‘I Am Woman,’ dead at 78

“#Helen Reddy, singer of ‘I Am Woman,’ dead at 78” Helen Reddy, the feminist icon behind the hit anthem “I Am Woman,” passed away Tuesday at the age of 78, her family announced. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Helen Reddy,” the singer’s children, Traci Donat and…

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