The AP ran a story over the weekend about the ways in which presidential hopefuls are turning to the Internet to boost their chances. It’s a fairly routine piece, but it leads with a joke that has long since outlived its usefulness. Al Gore claimed he invented it. John McCain predicted it would revolutionize political […]
For some reason, legal experts seem to believe it’s problematic for a sitting judge to write a book bashing everyone with whom he disagrees. Chapter 1 of Circuit Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr.’s book, “The Tyranny of Tolerance: A Sitting Judge Breaks the Code of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault,” has circulated via […]
Yes, it’s come to this. Expectations for the president have fallen so low, the New York Times devoted an entire piece to Bush’s recent claim that he read a newspaper article. Is there hope for newspapers after all? Readers may be abandoning the printed versions, but over the last couple of years, at least one […]
Christmas is a day about giving, so I thought it’d be fun to consider some gift ideas for those we think about every day. Karl Rove gets a calculator this year, because his own personal math turned out to be a little unreliable. German Chancellor Angela Merkel deserves a comfy massage chair, so foreign heads […]
Rumor has it that there’s some kind of major holiday tomorrow, so perhaps it’s best to have a little Christmas-related discussion. The other day, a reader gave me a heads-up on a column from the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Katherine Kersten, a conservative, who suggested that it’s about time for a “cease fire” in the “war […]
According to a report from ABC News’ Brian Ross, Ayman al Zawahri, al Qaeda’s No. 2 man, released a video tape that reportedly included messages for Democrats in the U.S. Apparently, the terrorist network wants credit for the results of the congressional elections. “The first is that you [Democrats] aren’t the ones who won the […]
Between Dennis Prager, Roy Moore, and Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Va.), Rep.-elect Keith Ellison’s (D-Minn.) very presence in Congress seems to be causing all manner of consternation among far-right observers. His decision to use his own holy book for a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony has driven some activists to hysterics. To hear CNN tell it, the uproar […]
Guest Post by Morbo Just in time for Christmas, an 8-year-old komodo dragon at a zoo in Chester, England, is about ready to pull off a virgin birth. The reptile, known as Flora, will probably give birth to seven little dragonettes any day now. Here’s the catch: Flora has never been exposed to a male […]
Guest Post by Morbo This week, a federal lawsuit challenging an anti-evolution disclaimer pasted into biology textbooks in Cobb County, Ga., was settled out of court. The case had been knocking around in the courts for a few years. A federal judge ruled against the sticker, and on appeal the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of […]
Guest Post by Morbo More people are buying small cars because the price of gas has escalated. That’s the good news. The bad news is that many of these cars have been labeled unsafe because so many other people insist on driving around in the tanks known as sport utility vehicles. The Insurance Institute for […]