Month: April 2006

Rep. McKinney (D-GA) is supposed to have another press conference this morning at 10:30am. We'll see what she says this time. And over the weekend, Rep. McKinney attended a …

Borders is sponsoring a convention called "Wordstock," which encourages the reading of banned books. This is amazingly ironic considering Borders, along with Waldenbooks, has banned the sale of the …

Every Sunday morning, I faithfully tune in to NPR for Liane Hansen and Weekend Edition Sunday. I love the puzzle with Will Shortz, the Voices In The News segment, …

This weeks Weekend Caption Contest™ was a rousing success. I mean how can you go wrong with French protesters and a view of the posterior? Of course the answer …

Before today's scientists started predicting catastrophe due to global warming, there were scientists who were predicting catastrophe due to global cooling. And that was just thirty years ago. George …

Last week, I wrote about some Massachusetts teachers who were suing to get their jobs back after repeatedly failing an English proficiency test. This Sunday, in an astonishing development, …

I'm not much of a music critic, but this particular song got me thinking. First of all, the tone and feel of the song seems a bit derivative -- …

With the plea-bargain of former Tom Delay aide Tony Rudy on corruption charges related to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, I find myself wondering: what are the significant differences between …

Last week, the New York Times had a breathless scoop: President Bush and Prime Minister Blair were so eager to go to war with Iraq, Bush was actually ready …

As you are undoubtedly aware, Representative Cynthia A. McKinney (D-Black Pantheria) has landed herself in a spot of trouble. Ms. McKinney, an African American who's no stranger to controversy, …