Month: January 2008

' will economically less diverse and to some extent less racially and ethnically diverse,' says Richard DeLeon, emeritus professor at San Francisco State University. DeLeon notes the sharp...

Iowa's phony position as the "first" political contest of the Presidential race ensures their billions of dollars of federal ethanol subsidies are safe from reformers, and that competing ethanol …

Most of the time, when you come across a dumb criminal story, it's harmless. Just a chance to laugh at some idiot. Such as, say, the bank robber in …

Well, at the stroke of midnight yesterday (if you'll pardon the expression), civil unions became law here in New Hampshire. 23 couples plighted their troths (or as nearabout as …

Apparently that is the philosophy of the TSA. As one pro golfer found out as he travelled out to Hawaii for the first event of the 2008 season. Boo …

Over at Say Anything, my blog-chum (and sometime colleague) Rob Port discusses an encounter between Chelsea Clinton and a nine-year-old "reporter." I've made a point in the past about …

Stocks The Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2007 increased 6.4%. The S&P 500 rose 3.5%. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 9.8%. During the late summer, then again in the …

You'd think between global warming and all the politicians dumping hot air into the state, you would expect that New Hampshire would have had a milder than normal winter. …

The United States Supreme Court has had quite a time dealing with obsenity. One Justice defined it as "I know it when I see it." They also used the …

My New Year's Resolutions as a blogger: I refuse to cover any of the following this year: however, if anyone or anything listed below just absolutely invites/demands a snide …