Author: Jim Addison

No, this isn't about the travails of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, or even disturbing pictures of Debra Messing - for those you need to check Wizbang Pop!. Shortly …

At least these "Peacekeepers" weren't raping the local women and children, or standing around smoking cigarettes while civilians are massacred, but still . . . Martin Plaut reports for …

We're hearing a good bit of noise surrounding the end of the super-boom in housing and the high default rates in the "subprime" mortgage sector, but what does it …

The markets' free fall may have ended this afternoon as the Federal Reserve Board pumped another $38 billion into the banking system to avoid the feared liquidity crisis, matching …

The Transportation Security Administration and Charlotte airport officials announced a man bypassed security and apparently was able to board a plane today, reports USA Today: The Transportation Security Administration …

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is not very popular with anyone these days. Americans of both parties find his actions against Islamic extremists insufficient, the extremists want his head on …

Corn harvests are breaking all records, as is the acreage devoted to it - and yet there isn't enough to supply demand, and corn-based food products are rising dramatically …

When the first news came out about a possible incident at Haditha in Iraq, Rep. John Murtha couldn't wait to proclaim the Marines involved guilty of murder (before any …

"One pill makes you larger, And one pill makes you small . . ." The Alice-in-Wonderland magic is back, with Democratic Presidential candidates showing their nearly complete ignorance of …

The traditional political wisdom of modern Presidential campaigns follows the Nixon Plan from 1968: run to the right (left for Democrats) in the primaries, then back towards the middle …