Isle of Blight
Hundreds of miles out in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and San Francisco, a new mass has appeared that scientists say is about twice...
President Obama
On the assumption that President Barack Obama survives for a full four-year term - for it is generally assumed that, as the first African-American...
What Rangers?
If, against all common sense and logic, you are still a Rangers fan, you've gotten used to this sad saga. It is still early...
Apocalypse Man
When Charlton Heston passed away a few weeks back, I couldn't help but think of Michael Moore's attack on him in Bowling for Columbine.Besides...
More Perry?
Gov. Rick Perry had hinted he might run again in 2010. But now Perry flatly says he will - regardless of what plans U.S....
Win-Loss Ratio
Fort Worth's Travis Lutter is getting a rematch - with the scales. To be followed, he expects, by another shot at a national fight...
Emptying the Trough
I know a lot of people in this country who are struggling. Good, hardworking people who believe in the system despite the fact that...
No Accounting for (No) Ethics
I recently had occasion to help a 78-year-old friend attempt to straighten out a problem with one of her credit cards. She lives on...
Forgetting his (Geek) Roots
Whenever I think about how technological innovations have changed the journalism business, I think of Moses and the Ten Commandments. When God had Moses...
Bush-Boarding
So George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would outlaw the practice of waterboarding. Hold that thought for a moment.
Two stories come immediately to...