Yesterday on St. Louis FM talk radio, I heard an interview with a man who wrote a recent book asserting...
A while ago the Insomnomaniac posted insightful comments regarding whether the Christian ethic of love should prevent military intervention. The...
Ask yourself, "Why do they hate you?" Back in December, with little media coverage, France sent 2,500 troops to quell...
Last night on my way home I was listening to BBC radio news. In the BBC's productions, I've frequently heard...
A self-identified liberal, quoted elsewhere on Random Observations: Liberals value much more an individual's personal choice and freedom... a conservative...
During Bush's State of the Union address, he proposed a number of measures which don't sit well with many conservatives...
This is buried in the previous post, but just to be clear... Stephen DenBeste, probably among others, is on record...
One of the complaints I've often heard is: "The U.S. says they have intelligence indicating where Iraq is hiding some...
With Libya and Syria replacing the US on the UN Human Rights Commission, Saddam's defiance of unanimously-approved "disarm or else,...
Dave Barry has a blog!...
Even though I liked "Happy Days", at least through the first several seaons, and same for "Laverne and Shirley", there...
I try to read broadly, to hear what each political coterie has to say on a given topic. But while...
I was reading left-leaning blog Counterspin Central when I came across a reference to an article which indicated that a...
Ladies and gentlemen, behold the United States of America. Now shorten it to an acronym, and we get "U.S.A.". Now,...
This hilarious course at UC Berkeley noted by Mean Mr. Mustard (via InstaPundit) reminds me of a similar incident... I...
Deb comments on where some Iraqis stand on the prospect of a possible regime change....
A friend of mine used to chide the effectiveness of the unarmed British "bobbies" with the phrase above. But now...
Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen,...
When I was a kid, "Spic 'n Span" was a synonym for clean. I wonder what the origins of that...
Fellow St. Louisan Kevin, from FunMurphys.com, makes observations about Australian Prime Minister John Howard's remarks about UN approval not being...
Conservatives are fond of saying the theoretically-unbiased media are actually biased leftwards. Liberals often respond with the opposite charge. Here's...
This is absurd. Random Observations is now AOL search's first returned page when searching for "husband housework nude". Hilarious....
More information about the newly-discovered fossils in this BBC article. Elsewhere on the BBC site, another scientist instead suggests that...
Okay. France is out. Germany's out. The UN has no power nor consistancy, but frankly, due to our "allies". They...
I'd noticed a lot of what I felt were biased reports from the BBC. Apparently, I'm not alone: the folks...
Regular readers (both of you, perhaps?) come by for my stunning wit, engaging commentary, and incredibly behind-the-curve observations. Surely not...
Haha! I read Lilek's Monday piece before any of you did! Nananana! Okay, probably just most of you. The Instapundit...
Tonight I was reading "Israel's Dangerous Crossroads" in The Nation magazine when I came across this tidbit on Sharon's ability...
Watched FoxNews for a few minutes last night and caught Donald Rumsfeld discussing the current situation. He suggested that one...
I'm watching 50's alien invasion film This Island Earth. Three nuclear physicists walk into a laboratory and hear a cat...
We've all seen the mainstream media coverage of the anti-war protests this weekend... Right Thinking (from the Left Coast) posts...
Sigh, apparently Sun Microsystems has posted its largest-ever loss. Just another step along the away to a diversity-free cyberscape....
This article in HealthNewsDigest.com describes how the "dolphin safe" label on tuna has been subtly changed: The Humane Society of...
Apparently, James Lileks has also been exposed to the LeCarre Brain Virus, which causes you to lose time and sleep...
Usingers sausage is, in the sausage world, really some top-notch stuff: The store also is known for its colorful murals,...
Far-left liberals live in a very different world than mine. I'd be happy to consider moving to their neighborhood, but...
Something that occurred to me while I was corresponding with the bright insomnomaniac: Ever notice that when President Bush uses...
Facing banishment from governments such as Peru, Taiwan, Argentina, Spain, France, and Mexico, Microsoft has offered to reveal its source...
BBC News reports on a tablet found beneath the temple mount mosque. The BBC shows its bias and/or complete cluelessness...
I have a French friend who would frequently mock Americans for being so "selfish". Mindles H. Dreck and More than...
Happened to see, for the first time, a couple moments of the "Dr. Phil" show. Today: Women who yell at...
A true story from my favorite sister... One day my housework-challenged husband decided to wash his sweatshirt. Seconds after he...
A lead story in BBC News trumpets "UK 'rejects' lone action against Iraq": A closer reading of the story reveals...
Or at least the zoo you were raised in. A Danish Wallaby runs away from home, and learns something about...
Observations about M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs" and it's absense of weapons.
Warning: Minor spoilers. Mel Gibson's character undergoes a paradigm shift (change of mind) based on a "miracle" M. Night Shyamalan...
Did you know that in this century there are still U.S. elections in which race determines fitness for public office?...
Fellow St. Louis blogger FunMurphys.com points out an article in Science News which indicates that dogs are better at understanding...
When ideas compete on a level playing field, everybody wins! Do I want a country dominated by only one party?...
The New York Times reports on two plays, "House" and "Garden", whose plots -- and actors -- are interwoven. The...
Big news boys and girls! For the first time ever, the Speed of Gravity has been measured! And Einstein was...
Those of you who knew me years ago know that when a concealed carry referendum came up in St. Louis,...
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin. What next, the war of 1812?...
I first learned of Noam Chomsky though Computer Science. He was noted for formalizing grammars -- valuable to us CS...
Today I did an experiment, and learned something. Recently, new Senate majority leader Bill Frist helped out after a deadly...
Previously, I've been trying to send various essays and links to each friend I thought might be interested -- sort...