He's Korean, not Chinese. Virginia Tech Killer Identified April 17, 2007 -- We now know the identity of the killer at Virginia Tech. He is Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old...

In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre, I sincerely hope that one single, burning, indisputable fact remains at the forefront of any and all discussions: This atrocity was …

My power went out around 10:30 yesterday morning due to a wind storm that took out a transformer in my area. As I am writing this (away from home) …

I figured we'd start a new thread for the Virgina Tech aftermath now that the "breaking news" aspect of this is largley over. We'll update this for a while. …

(Updated and bumped) This has been a breaking story all morning, but the recent updates indicate that it's now one of the largest school shootings in history. From CNN: …

Spoiler alert for those who have not yet watched last week's episode. Well, she's back. I knew the news of her demise was not to be believed. I was …

One of my favorite "Far Side" cartoons -- which I could not find online, dang it -- featured a guy reading a large book. The caption read something like …

Now more than half of all Americans receive "significant income" from the US government. If this trend continues, soon we won't have enough producers to support all the dependents. …

We learn from a Newsday report that in early January 2001, France warned the CIA of an al Qaeda plot to hijack planes: France's foreign intelligence service learned as …

If you haven't seen this, it's an instant classic. If you have seen it, it's worth watching twice I'm not a big Jon Stewart fan really but this is …