Month: June 2010

Well, it is if you’ve been ensconced in the ivory tower of academia and haven’t read the news for, oh, the last 3 years. But…

Control the flow of information and everything else becomes easy. A new U.S. Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control…

Sounds to me more like someone lied. The seven experts who advised President Obama on how to deal with offshore drilling safety after the Deepwater…

Bond markets could get very nasty over the coming months, while stock investors could take a few months off and stop attempting to trade volatile…

(Via the Drudge Report) It’s no secret that the boys of Pointe du Hoc, like the rest of our WWII veterans, are leaving us at…

(Via the Drudge Report) Or, a simpler explanation would be that the old wind bag has been catered to and told how wonderful she was…

The Red & Black Cafe is no place for a man in blue. Police Officer James Crooker was asked to leave the vegan coffee shop…

Then you know the name John Wooden, the legendary coach of UCLA during their glory days in the 60s and 70s. RIP, Coach. The game…

Because being a movie director, finding the Titanic and going way deep in submarines makes you a deep water petroleum engineer, too. Or maybe he…

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Thursday defended White House attempts to influence Democratic candidates to drop their campaigns — even using the prospect…

(Via the munchkin wrangler) Yes, I’m noted for noting the bad and the ugly, but it’s time to note the good as well.

A taxi driver described as quiet but friendly went on a shooting spree across a picturesque rural area of northwestern England on Wednesday, killing at…

Perhaps, perhaps not, but this story on Charles Harrison, a B-24 tail gunner during WWII, is certainly suitable for everyone.

When California East becomes too much for me. Via the Lawdog, who notes that “In an unusual display of common sense, the Texas State Capitol…

I was checking my Facebook page, and found this a a comment to another person’s status. I’m not sure of the author; neither was the…