WARNING: Throw away the donuts, potato chips, triple-cheese pizzas and your cancer sticks (cigarettes): if you're smoke or are fat you could grow older faster. According to researchers, smoking and being fat speed up the aging process by accelerating damage to DNA. According to The Guardian, being obese can SUBTRACT 9 years to a person's life — and smoking for 40 years … [Read more...] about If You’re Fat Or Smoke You’ll Get Older Faster

The news we HAD to know: overexposed mega-star Tom Cruise' beloved Katie Holmes is going to convert to guess which religion? … [Read more...] about See? Acting Like A Dork On Oprah Can Pay Off

The self-proclaimed King of Pop Michael Jackson has been cleared of all counts in his child molestation case — a victory for him, his defense and a huge personal and professional defeat for the prosecution:A California jury found pop superstar Michael Jackson not guilty Monday of all charges in his child-molestation trial. The jury deliberated about 32 hours before … [Read more...] about Michael Jackson Has Beat It

A new charge in a book that Bill Clinton raped Hillary Clinton to conceive Chelsea is a sad sign of just how far journalism has fallen, how politics increasingly means seeking (often via planting information or allegations) the most brutal destruction of those with whom you disagree, and how some Internet news sites will feel around in a toilet bowl's bottom for something … [Read more...] about A Sign Of How Far Journalism, Politics, And Internet News Has Fallen

If you were asked who won the recent round of elections in Lebanon the boiled down answer would be: Syria. The reason: a political upset and the triumphant return of a politically crafty former army general: A former army general who returned to Lebanon last month after 15 years in exile appeared headed for a sweeping victory in the third round of legislative elections Sunday … [Read more...] about Syria Wins With Aoun In New Lebanon Poll

Last night, I had the great opportunity of speaking with former Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyoming), a moderate who often bucked his party on social issues. Simpson, the son of a one-term Republican Senator, served as Wyoming's Assistant Attorney General and Cody city attorney before being elected to the state House of Representatives in 1964. After 17 years in the chamber, … [Read more...] about Sen. Alan Simpson Talks Some Politics

Most of our posts will resume after 6 a.m. today San Diego time. So stay tuned...and keep checking back! … [Read more...] about Most Of Our Posts Will Resume Early This Morning

There are a lot of them and they're not quite as heart-warming as the Brady Bunch. But they are also a big family. And they are productive: many of them have gone onto making big bux in bizness (we spell that way because we're from California, ranked 43rd of the 50th states in terms of smartness according to a survey). Here's the story, of a man named bin Laden, Who was busy … [Read more...] about Meet This Family

Police in England arrested a student for nagging a horse: Police officers who arrested a student for calling a police horse "gay" have been accused of "absurd heavy-handedness and over-reaction" by a leading campaigner for homosexual rights. Peter Tatchell of the pressure group Outrage! said that the arrest of Sam Brown, a student at Oxford University, "brought the police … [Read more...] about Naysayer Arrested

Yes, Iran, not Iraq, has been rocked by five bomb blasts today, with nine people reported dead. From CBC News:There is no explanation for the attacks, but an Iranian official suggested the bombs were linked to the presidential elections set for Friday. Former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pragmatic conservative, is expected to win, beating a group of mainly religious … [Read more...] about Bombs in Iran

So where do YOU live and how dumb is it? A new study has just come out that ranks the 50 states from the smartest to dumbest — which is of interest to me since I live in a state called California but have many friends and relatives in a state called inebriation. The smartest state for the second year in a row is Massachusetts. Take that Rush Limbaugh. The dumbest … [Read more...] about The Smartest And Dumbest States Ranked

Celebrities love to invoke the First Amendment as long as it doesn't apply to those engaged in keeping their cosmetically-enhanced faces splashed across half a dozen weeklies and dozens more free domestic tabloids, keeping their careers vibrant if not tranquil, as Reason's Tim Cavanaugh documents:The celebrities saw how effectively the royals managed to pin blame for Princess … [Read more...] about Call it the Rainbow/LUSH coalition

Cups of specially spiced Kool Aid seemed out in force yesterday as the Democratic National Committee in effect gave DNC Chair Howard Dean an enthusiastic go ahead to continue making comments that suck up the media air and focus attention on one main feature of today's Democratic party: Howard Dean's comments as party chair. This has long-term implications. Dean is a … [Read more...] about Dean Continues Attacks On GOP Amid Confidence Vote From DNC

Mike Tyson quit on his stool last night in his highly-touted bout with Kevin McBride — and he immediately said he might quit boxing. Two things on that: (1)Tyson not only jumped the shark a long time ago, he jumped the whale (and probably took a bite of it, too). (2)He has been a truly sad figure, exploited by his associates, a convicted rapist — not exactly the … [Read more...] about Mike Tyson Quits Fight — And Probably Boxing Career

Here's yet another example of using weblog technology to the fullest: video blogger Trey Jackson interviewed former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. One of the videos he's offering shows Gingrich on the phone while being interviewed by Bill O'Reilly. Read the post and see the videos HERE. Increasingly, video bloggers are offering some of the most interesting and must-view … [Read more...] about Video Blogger Interviews Newt Gingrich

Because the American Family Association says so. … [Read more...] about Don’t Watch This T.V. Show

They were protesting oil dependency and rode their bikes in a colorful way. If bystanders heckled them we assume they turned the other cheek. … [Read more...] about A Bicycle Ride Protest

The White House advisor who reportedly repeatedly edited government climate reports to downplay play down links between such emissions and global warming has resigned. The timing — coming after a huge controversy — suggests that the resignation didn't just pop into his head. And the White House's explanation is the kind of stock statement an employer or … [Read more...] about White House Aide Who Changed Climate Reports Resigns

Nothing stops (most) athletes from playing. Nothing. And Young Pundit has a list of them. … [Read more...] about Those Invincible Athletes

Cross-posted at Random Fate. I recently posted on my own concept of honor, and how I feel the honor of my country has been soiled and continues to be soiled by the choice of our government to maintain the extra-legal prison an Guantanamo Bay. In that post, I disagreed with an assertion made by another blogger, someone whom I respect immensely. I want to make it very clear I … [Read more...] about A clarification for those who do not understand the nature of debate