Yes, you read that headline right. Burger King in New Orleans is offering up to a $6,000 signing bonus for new hires. Rally's has a hand scrawled sign in …

Yesterday, I showed how the same story was presented by two different newspapers. Today, I get to do it again. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" recently came to Medfield, Massachusetts …

Last year I mentioned the San Diego Chargers 1960's AFL-era powder-blue throwback uniforms. They are, without a doubt, the best uniform in professional sports. Unfortunately team owner Alex Spanos …

A while ago, three boys in Andover, Massachusetts were arrested for animal cruelty. They had videotaped themselves on a psychotic rampage through a camp, torturing and killing animals, including …

One of the great losses of the decline of newspapers is the end of many of the "two-newspaper cities," when there are rival papers that catch each others' mistakes. …

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In my posting on gay marriage yesterday, a few commenters questioned the sincerity of my belief in gay marriage, saying that subsuming it to public opinion gave me an …

If you were the Mayor of New Orleans and you needed busses fast to evacuate the city, would you: A) Get on the radio and whine that the Federal …

Yesterday, I derided the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency. In the ocmments, one reader questioned just who I thought might deserve the …

A while ago, I mentioned that a colleague of mine was undergoing treatment for cancer, and the treatments had caused her hair to fall out. In response, she was …