Month: January 2008

First Bobby Fischer dies, and now we lose the maker of the frisbiee. As Tom Maguire says at Just One Minute- "Take away frisbees and chess and I can't …

As expected, Mitt Romney won the Nevada Republican caucuses going away, with 55%. McCain and Paul are battling for second place at 13%. Romney was the only candidate to …

Today's winner is Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive aka HSE. They get the award for the following. A Cornish village drama group has had to register a toy …

Sounds like the most recent Die Hard movie. From AP- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hackers literally turned out the lights in multiple cities after breaking into electrical utilities and demanding …

A few weeks ago, there was considerable buzz around the blogosphere about a Chicago lawyer who didn't care for the military. He saw a car with Marine Corps license …

The progress since December 2006 in Iraq in terms of areas contested by al Qaeda, coalition soliders killed in action, Iraqi civilian deaths, and incidents of ethnic/sectarian violence, in …

Amid mounting pressure from feminist groups, MSNBC host Chris Mathews apologized for remarks he made about Hillary Clinton, reports Howard Kurtz for the Washington Post: Under pressure from feminist …

Parts 11-15 of my story in progress. See the introduction here....

The South Carolina primary is today. Polls open at 7 a.m. This is a Republican Primary only; Democrats left their primary next week to avoid losing delegates (the RNC …

OK, here are the next five parts of my story. See the introduction here....