Month: October 2007

"We are enjoying a rare peek at an age-old enmity that began with Christianity's adoption of Easter." -- uziyahuidf, in the comments. Now I think I see how Cadbury...

The South's current drought is breaking records and requiring water-use restrictions. This isn't stopping Duke and UNC from keeping their artificial turf watered, though, reports Ann Blythe for The …

Full coverage of the wildfires, including maps, striking photos, and regular updates from Bruce Henderson at And Still I Persist. Thoughts and prayers for the residents and the firefighters …

I've often heard New Hampshire described as an "island of sanity in an ocean of crazy," surrounded by Hosers, Maineiacs, Massholes, and Vermonsters. I've focused a lot of attention …

I just came across a story today on Michelle Malkin's blog about an Iraq war veteran. John Austin Johnson survived five IED attacks, but the sixth one left him …

By the time this piece publishes, Mr. Duckie and I should be well into the hinterlands of northern New Hampshire. As an early birthday present to myself , I'm …

When it comes to choosing which candidates to back, I tend to go by my "gut" more than any rational reason. I tend to trust my instincts, my subconscious, …

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute has a Civics Quiz. There are 60 multiple-choice questions, and the average score tallied since it was posted on September 18 is 70.4% - or …

I never quite understood why people tend to look at monkeys as "cute." Sure, they have body fur, fingers and toes, and faces that vaguely resemble human ones. So …

At one of the United Nation's designated "World Heritage Sites," accessible only through mountain paths in Nigeria, visitors are cautioned about getting too close to a certain tree, reports …