Politico: [Obama] tried to call out the Republicans when they fell back on their usual tactics, noting at one point...
So asks The Washington Post: IN THE PAST few months, proponents of lifting U.S. and international sanctions against Cuba have...
Cleverer how, exactly? The conclusion was drawn following a five month online contest between the sexes conducted in nine languages...
I happened to be in Seaworld (San Diego) Monday this week. Today, both the San Diego and Orlando parks are...
Jonathan Tobin: The greatest threat to the hopes of those who think parts of Jerusalem should be off-limits to Jews...
Apropos Tikkun's Michael Lerner (Hillary's one-time guru): What happened in Obama's first year is that most of those who had...
Miscellaneous stuff; brief notes which have been piling up... Palin Derangement Syndrome: Let's see, what's so awful about Sarah Palin?...
Via WSJ: Why a Six-Hour Flight Now Takes Seven .... Across the airline industry, carriers have been adding minutes to...
I have mixed feelings about the presence of clandestine organizations within a Democratic Republic. On one hand, contra Pelosi et...
I don't know why this is important to me, but it is. Two Cuban political prisoners: Cuban dissidents Juan Ramón...
In North Carolina: He may be the president who governed during the Civil War, freeing the slaves, but under a...
I noted earlier that Richard Dawkins admitted he had detested the idea of "hijacking" a word by a special interest...
One of the enduring themes of my own life, and thus Random Observations is the battle between what I think...
If you are a Christian you do not have to believe that all the other religions are simply wrong all...
I think it's already annoying that my fiancee's car decides to lecture us with an irritating beeping sound whenever the...
You've heard it. I've heard it. We've all heard it countless times recently: "Avatar" is the #1, top-grossing film of...
Global Warmingists are in full-blown spin control. Let's take a look at what is being said; examine the calibre of...
Bookworm has a very nice piece, saying pretty much everything I'd want to say on the subject, about the difference...
An enduring theme in my little world is the war between "science" and science. This idea is not new, but...
One of the things I hated about the sitcoms of the late '70s and early 80's were the laugh tracks....
Things went horribly wrong in Portland, Oregon: Officer accidentally used pepper spray on burning man The first Portland Police officer...