George Will defends the Senate's filibuster rule in his Newsweek column. The filibuster is an important defense of minority rights, enabling democratic government to measure and respect not merely …

Bill O'Reilly says Dan Rather was slimed by the Internet in this New York Daily News editorial. Given his recent sex scandal troubles, the only thing I could think …

There's an interesting article in the current edition of The Economist on German politics. It seems that Germans are weary of number-crunching secularist wonks, and would rather talk values …

There's an old joke about the definition of mixed feelings as being "watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your brand-new Ferrari." I think I've found a new …

Interestingly the stem cell therapy in this case is NOT from the embryonic stem cell research that was a favorite cause of the anti-Bush crowd last month. From the …

This weeks Weekend Caption Contest™ showed that while the passions of the elections may have died down, a good gag never goes out of style. Here are the winning …

OK so the head was crass... but I needed a hook. People flock to online journal after 16-year-old's arraignment "Just to let everyone know, my mother was murdered." This …

After watching "Desperate Housewives," I didn't get to turn off the TV quickly enough to avoid "Boston Legal." (Nothing against the show, but it's past my bedtime.) I was …

I have a shameful secret to confess. It's almost 9:00 p.m. on Sunday and I'm getting ready to watch "Desperate Housewives." I gotta admit, I'm hooked on this chick …

Here in Cow Hampshire, we have our share of cranks, whackjobs, fruit loops, and (dare I say it) asshats. There's something about the rural environs that seems to breed …