The venerable newspaper chain Knight-Ridder could be sold and is under fire -- and one of its key newspapers could wind up in flames...and shut. But some are battling to keep it open. … [Read more...] about The Battle To Save An Established Newspaper

....they get pissed off. … [Read more...] about Sometimes When People Use Drugs….

Over the past year it seems as if some 200 top three Al Qaeda leaders have been killed but this news report in the Telegraph seems like the real thing:Al-Qaeda's third-ranking leader has been killed by a missile fired by an American drone in Pakistan, near the Afghan border, NBC television news reported yesterday. Egyptian-born Abu Hamza Rabia, who is said to head al-Qaeda's … [Read more...] about Al Qaeda Leader Killed By Missile

...winds up on Fox. … [Read more...] about A Controversial Show From PBS…..

The Ford Motor Company has fallen on hard times — and it sounds as if the times may get even harder. Battered by competition from abroad, there's talk of massive job cuts, statements some have labeled "defeatest" by its top executive, and a decision under pressure to stop advertising in gay publications has sparked another controversy. None of this suggests … [Read more...] about Troubled Days For Ford Motor Company

As Mother used to say, "It's important to start off your day with a good breakfast." And people follow that advice all over — and we do mean all over. Here, via the Top Five list, are Breakfast Cereals In Hell-- Toasted Almond Glass Shards -- Dingleberries -- Rectum-Sized Frosted Maxi-Wheats -- Scrape Nuts --Butts Afire Bran -- Special KKK -- Cream of Pete --Kellogg's … [Read more...] about Start Off Your Day With A Good Breakfast

Burp! (We will make it..) … [Read more...] about Sounds Good!

Will it thrive...or vanish? … [Read more...] about So What Will Happen To Ariel Sharon’s New Party?

It has finally happened: medical science can now do a face transplant — giving an average person a new face:The surgical team who performed the world's first face transplant say the 15-hour operation has "far surpassed" its expectations. Isabelle Dinoire, 38, lost her chin, lips and part of her nose when she was mauled by her labrador-cross at home in Valenciennes, … [Read more...] about I’ve Grown Accustomed To Your Transplanted Face

His memory lingers on... … [Read more...] about Death Of An Award-Winning Dog

Fireworks...see the video here. … [Read more...] about The (Manufactured) “War” On Christmas

It sounds like they are and that they will keep it bottled up. … [Read more...] about Is The White House Blocking The Pre-War Senate Intelligence Report?

Over the summer -- like Steve Clemons, Jeremy Dibbell, and many other bloggers out there -- I wrote a great deal about John Bolton's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the U.N. (and his subsequent recess appointment when said nomination stalled in the Senate). I vehemently opposed Bolton's nomination (see here) and I objected to his recess appointment (see here). (For … [Read more...] about Burma and Bolton

Her comments calling John Murtha a coward (then it turning out that the person who she said told her to deliver that message on the House floor basically repudiated her version) did not go over well even in the GOP. Robert Novak:Newly elected Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio, excoriated by Democrats for intimating that Rep. John Murtha is a coward, faces a possible Republican primary … [Read more...] about Political Storm Clouds Over Jean Schmidt

Skippy (of Bush Kangaroo fame) has a good post on the necessity (or, rather, non-necessity) of Maureen Dowd. Like Skippy, I wonder why she's an op-ed columnist at arguably the most important newspaper in the world. I've previously written about her, unfavourably, here and here. (I've given her a chance time and time again, but, aside from a few moments of witty perspicacity, I … [Read more...] about No, Maureen Dowd is not necessary

Another attack in Iraq, "one of the deadliest in recent months". CNN reports here. The Left Coaster: "On the same day that the New York Times is reporting that the Pentagon admits they are fighting a decentralized nightmare now of nearly 100 insurgent groups in Iraq who are able to operate independently of each other and who weren’t there before we toppled Hussein, the … [Read more...] about Ten U.S. Marines killed in Iraq

Excellent Editorial Cartoon on current Israeli politics from the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent. … [Read more...] about Excellent Editorial Cartoon…

A Fox News poll finds that President George Bush's "Victory Strategy" speech helped him gain some ground in his overall numbers — and suggests it brought back some wavering GOP and independent support:President George W. Bush's approval rating recovered a few points in the week's FOX News poll, though slightly more Americans still disapprove than approve of his job … [Read more...] about Speech Boosts Bush’s Poll Numbers

To me, it seems a no-brainer that proselytizing in publicly-funded military academies is completely inappropriate. I know that the Christians involved think that they're trying to "help" us but the targets of such evangelism find it more like an assault. Religion Spat In Air Force Becomes Issue In '06 Election By E.J. KESSLER in The Forward December 2, 2005 In a sign that … [Read more...] about Religion, Politics and the US Air Force Academy

The question really is more general: should overwhelmingly liberal colleges (like my own) implement affirmative action programs for conservatives? … [Read more...] about Should Carleton Have Affirmative Action For Conservatives?