Month: August 2005

Kevin went and posted the Weekend Caption Contest™ picture just before he left for vacation, leaving me holding the bag to pick the winners. Gee, thanks heaps, chief. Anyway,...

I really know how George Bush feels. All I have to do is make a simple post and some loony-tune will go apoplectic over it and say the goofiest …

Here's the headline and first paragraph from a Reuters article about recent comments made Lance Armstrong: Lance Armstrong says U.S. should focus on cancer war WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven-time …

WASHINGTON - President Bush's standing with an American public anxious about Iraq and the nation's direction is lower than that of the last two men who won re-election to …

I've written at length about the differences between New Hampshire and Massachusetts. One way I haven't mentioned is that Massachusetts has a Return Law, mandating a five-cent deposit on …

Social Security turns 70 years old today and Democrats are, apparently, determined to see the program go another 70 years (if it could even make it that long) without …

A while ago, a commenter (and frequent PITA) challenged me on my use of the term "invasion" to describe our illegal alien problem. That got me thinking -- that's …

During all the stir about the Cindy Sheehan story, I started wondering: is there a historical precedent for this? I recall stories of letters from Abraham Lincoln to mothers …

Follow me dear reader and watch how bad reporting happens. Five days ago, Appleinsider.com reported that Apple was not granted a patent on part of the iPod user interface …

WASHINGTON - For the second time since the Iraq war began, the Pentagon is replacing body armor for U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, citing a need for better …