He is convinced that with the help of God he will win. — Svetozar Vujacic, a lawyer for Radovan Karadzic, who was “twice indicted for genocide for the massacre of 8,000 Bosnian […]
How do you feel about free speech, Mr. Candidate?
Our friends over at Colorado Independent have a great new analysis up on free speech zones graveyards at the upcoming DNC. As Constitutional attorney John Whitehead explains, the Dems will be the […]
GOP to Dems: Solve energy crisis by next week
Next up in the Republican “blame the Dems for flawed energy policy” spin machine (drum roll, please) — H.R. 6566, the American Energy Act, which the House Republican Conference Web site says […]
Letters from Afghanistan: installment #2
by Connor O’Steen Editor’s note: Our guest is currently in Afghanistan working for PARSA, a non-governmental organization (NGO) specializing in microeconomic development with an emphasis on women and children. He’s often in […]
The truth is out there right here?
Did you catch this item in the morning news? Former NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr. Edgar Mitchell – a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission – has stunningly claimed aliens exist. And […]
DC to issue pedestrian hunting licenses
by JS O’Brien WASHINGTON – Washington mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced today that his city will soon issue interested motorists the US’s first pedestrian hunting license (PHL). The new license will allow […]
If a hard rain's gonna fall, get a titanium umbrella
My friend, R.I., and I have an ongoing argument. She thinks the corporate rich in the US don’t care about our country and are perfectly content to lay waste to our economy. […]
The Weekly Carboholic: good-bye Holocene, hello Anthropocene?
Until recently, according to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, we have been in the Holocene geologic epoch. The Holocene started about 10,000 years ago with the end of the last ice age […]
Double-O-Hum?—Review: Devil May Care, the new James Bond adventure by Sebastian Faulks
James Bond is back in print, and the new novel, Devil May Care, reads just like the old ones. That’s both good and bad. British author Sebastian Faulks is the scribe behind […]
TunesDay: "Nobody Hurts You"
By Patrick Vecchio Some of us never laughed when Jerry Lee Lewis kicked his piano. We knew he wasn’t doing it for laughs; we knew that if Mozart himself had walked into […]
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