Author: Jim Addison

Zombies. The Undead, the Living Dead - whatever you want to call them. Sure, it's highly unlikely they will be swarming in a town near you any time soon …

The shiny new glass plate monument to Che Guevara unveiled recently in Venezuela has been shot and shattered in shining example of "performance art," reports Ian James for the …

Take The New York Times' Employee Entrance Exam over at The Nose On Your Face. Proficiency at writing fiction preferred; the ability to ignore inconvenient facts required. My favorite …

UPDATE 4:56 p.m.: A bomb blast near the truck carrying former Prime Minister Bhutto has killed at least 51 and injured over 150 more, the Associated Press reports. Bhutto …

One hears calls to return to "the gold standard" for currency periodically, but usually they arise during periods of high inflation and economic instability, not in times of strong, …

In a clear vote of "no confidence" in management, investment bankers Morgan Stanley sold their entire 10 million share stake in The New York Times, Leon Lazaroff and Jeff …

Hillary Clinton knows her candidacy relies heavily on women voters - especially younger, unmarried women who tend to favor more and bigger programs as if the government were some …

UPDATE: The Clinton Campaign is NOT returning Senate campaign money from the questionable donors. (They say they can't tell which are Hsu-related because "bundler" records weren't kept). When the …

Google removed ads condemning MoveOn.org's ad in The New York Times attacking General David H. Petraeus, claiming a trademark violation. This blatant act of political protection has exacted a …

Hillary Clinton opposed allowing the government to intercept foreign calls routed through U.S. equipment without a warrant, and touts new privacy proposals - but illegally intercepting phone calls was …