Month: September 2005

I've often discussed the huge philosophical differences between my own New Hampshire and Massachusetts, that persistent reminder of just how things could be worse, just to our south. But …

Every now and then, a photo comes out just too late to be used in the Weekend Caption Contest, and we here at Wizbang beat our heads against the …

This weeks Weekend Caption Contest™ was another smash hit, generating many, many entries - most of them pretty good. There were many varations on the "got to pee" theme, …

Bonfire of the Vanities entries for this weeks edition (Week 116 hosted at File It Under) are due by noon (Eastern), Monday September 19th. Send a link to your …

Everyone else seems to be offering up their home state's pet federal projects for sacrifice in order to free up money for the reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina (and earning …

A particularly ugly case is drawing attention to a legal experiment carried out in New Hampshire. Back in 2001, Chad Evans was living with his girlfriend, Amanda Bortner, and …

I've been following the case of Joseph Druce, the Massachusetts man who killed convicted pedophile and defrocked Catholic priest John Geoghan while the two were in prison. Druce is …

In my personal life, I'm a bit of a comedian. It's the persona I've constructed; the odd sense of humor, the refusal to take almost anything seriously, the lightning …

I've often decried the vile, despicable, corrupt, run-down, gang-infested, crime-riddled, drug-awash city of Lawrence, Massachusetts. It really is, in microcosm, a wonderful case study of what's wrong with American …

One of America's greatest strengths in the past has been our ability, in the time of great national crisis, to set aside our differences and pull together as one …