On the bright side, the release of The Little Mermaid on DVD is meeting with a lot of success…record setting success. On the dark side, it shows the changing nature of movie ownership.     It is one thing to have a copy on an IPOD…does that hold the same value as receiving a case, artwork, [...]

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Twenty nine year-old Marine Sgt. Cody Baker, has taken it upon himself to raise money to support Im Jai House, an orphanage in Thailand.  His method of doing so…an auction that will provide the winning bidder with his/her choice of the Marine’s new name.  Upon the decision, he promises to make the name legally binding.  [...]

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Martin Scorsese’s newest film, “The Departed,” reportedly grossed this weekends largest earnings.  The film about the mob brought in $27 million.  It was the largest debut of Scorsese’s films to date.  Other notable film earnings are as follows:   ”Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” the prequel, brought in $19.5 million.  Sony’s animated comedy, “Open Season” grossed $16 million.  Jessica Simpson [...]

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This new trend of parents starting to educate their children at an early age so they can better their chances of future academic success has its advantages; however, over-education can be harmful as well.  Parents need to understand that children require a playful childhood to build a healthy mental and physical foundation for their later lives.  [...]

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   I clicked on a link saying “Cola may be bad for women” which pointed out that, in a shocking development, a beverage heavy on caffeine, sugar and carbonation might not be good for people.     This is every bit as surprising as finding out that eating nothing but oversized fast food for a month [...]

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Hopefully, the public isn’t siding with school officials and their decision to suspend Sydney McGee of her teaching duties.  Why?  Well, twenty eight years of educational servcie should translate into a citizen that aims to make a difference, in a positive fashion, rather than the teacher the Frisco elementary school is making her out to [...]

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Fifty one year-old Sydney McGee has taught children for the past twenty eight years.  Up until two weeks ago, she enjoyed her job at an elementary school in Frisco, Texas.  She taught art to 5th graders.  Earlier this year she took her students on a field trip to the Dallas Musueum of Art.  Students were [...]

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   NASCAR is growing by leaps and bounds. Once the stereotype of a NASCAR fan was a guy driving a lifted 4×4 with a rifle rack, filthy baseball cap adorning his head, tobacco juice staining his cheeks, a hunting dog or twelve riding alongside him as he headed to the bar to get drunk.     [...]

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Star Trek has been around for forty years.  To commemorate the anniversary of the sci-fi television shows and movies John Wentworth, the executive vice president of communication at CBS Paramount Television, wanted to hold an auction where fans could purchase coveted pieces from the Star Trek franchise.  The auction was held at Christie’s in New [...]

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    Vote counting chicanery is an old tradition in the U.S. Though it is largely hidden in the history taught in most public schools including, but not limited to universities and colleges, there is a long chain of elections involving graft, cheating, miscounts, uncounted votes, double counted votes, and dead people voting.      Gus Russo [...]

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In excess of 100 million people listen to music via MP3 players, ZEN players, iPODs, Macs, or WMA and AAC files on their PC’s.  What they don’t know is that their listening experience is highly compromised, due to the compressed files the music is stored on.  But Creative, a worldwide leader in the technology field, [...]

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     When Marc Fisher examines how Allen turned aside questions about possible racist attitudes he largely takes him to task in a backhanded way.     Fisher is unquestionably correct in pointing out the Allen switch was more appearance than subject. He is also correct in pointing out that in today’s political climate…it doesn’t matter.     [...]

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U.S researchers have established a link between the thick clouds of dust arising from the Sahara desert and the Atlantic hurricanes. They have found that intense hurricanes occurred in the years when dust storms in Sahara were scarce and in the years with stronger dusts storms in Sahara, fewer hurricanes swept across the Atlantic. Jonathan [...]

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  If you go here you can make your voice heard on one of the saddest polls in American history…whether you think the Dixie Chicks are heroes, annoying, or musicians.     The fact that such a poll is up is emblamatic of a major problem in American politics. We listen to people who are famous [...]

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Samsung has released its newest media player, the YPK5.  This resembles many media players, for its light-weight, fits in the palm of your hand, and it can store up to 1,000 songs.  However, unlike many of its counterparts, it has several characteristics of a home stereo system.  Built-in speakers deliver high volumes with remarkable clarity [...]

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     How ironic is it that MSN would write an article about overexposure of celebrities…about an overexposed celebrity?      Who exactly is responsible for overexposing these people? THe article all but calls Simpson a talentless hack…but it spends two pages on her. One can only assume that they garner SOME sort of interest from putting [...]

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Soon, Sharp will introduce a PDA-sized device, much like the one the U.S. military has been using since 2003, called the Pharselator.  The gadget will translate spoken English into Japanese, and vice versa.  It will come equipped with IBM speech recognition software.  It resembles the Sony PSP Talkman, but it is far more sophisticated.  Sharp’s target [...]

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The Motorola Razr is the skinniest cellphone on the market…for now.  But in 2007 consumers can expect to find an even slimmer handsets on the market, thanks to LG Phillips. Late last week, LG Phillips unveiled its newest creation, the TFT-LCD.  The TFT-LCD has been labeled the “world’s thinnest” thin-film transistor liquid crystal display for [...]

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Shoppers who are soothed by classical musch over the loudspeakers of a retail establishment should note that the music serves many other purposes as well.  Granted, these same shoppers rarely recognize the subtle gestures these tunes reflect, but that’s exactly the impact retailers aim to have on their customers.  Retailers attempt to tap into the [...]

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High Net Worth Individual (HNWI) population in India grew by 19.3% at the end of 2005, compared to the previous year. The 83,000 HNWIs (as estimated at the end of 2005) in India, account for 3.8% of the total Asia-Pacific HNWI wealth. The growth rate of the HNWI population in India is the second highest [...]

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Today the New Zealand Government announced that they had a record surplus of NZ$11.5 billion for the 2005 and 2006 financial year. This amount was $2.5 billion more than the government expected to get, however $1.8 billion of the surplus was because of a change to the recording of the tax take. However the surplus [...]

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After a four year stint with the Chicago Cubs, Dusty Baker is FINALLY ousted!  Yes, he did manage the team into the playoffs, but it’s also debatable whether he mismanaged the same team right out of their first World Series appearance in almost a decade.  The team’s performance this year translated into the worst record in [...]

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued the Tennessee Titan’s Albert Haynesworth a five-game suspension without pay for his act in a recent Sunday contest.  Although it is the most severe penalty ever issued for an on-field atrocity, it still won’t deter future incidents from occurring.  Haynesworth will only lose roughly $190,000 and he’ll miss less than [...]

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For the first time in 35 years the NBA will change the balls that are used in games.  In a press release the NBA reports, “The new model is a microfiber composite with moisture management that provides superior grip and feel throughout the course of the game.”  Shaquille O’neal (the Miami Heat’s center) and many [...]

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Do you have problems keeping the interior of your car clean?  Well, don’t throw away those wrappers spilling out from under your seats just yet.  First, take a picture or two, or five if you want a chance to win a 2007 Chrysler Pacifica.  Contestants for “America’s Messiest Car” have until the 16th of October [...]

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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is the beneficiary of a three year contract with the NFL.  The contract allows State Farm to sponsor the event, and use of the league’s trademarks in television promotions and on the NFL’s internet site (www.NFL.com).  Mark Gibson, assistant vice president for State Farm’s advertising department expressed his excitement [...]

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Rescue Riders is comprised of volunteers that will be trained by The Kane County Medical Reserve Corps. to handle emergency responses.  They will be trained in CPR and first aid, and they will help transport supplies and other volunteers during natural disasters and terrorst attacks.  Their method of transportation will be motorcycles.  It’s believed to be the [...]

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It is believed by many that God plays an integral role in our nation’s culture. After all, when pledging our allegiance to our flag, we utter, ‘One nation under God,’ the words, ‘In God We Trust,’ are tatooed on our money, and in a publicly announced presidential discourse we often times hear, ‘May God bless [...]

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On Thursday, September 21, Gov. Rod Blagojevich made his first publicly scheduled appearance in Chicago in two weeks. He has recently been under public scrutiny for accepting a check for $1,500 in his daughter’s name, shortly after “finding” a government job for his best friend’s under-qualified wife. His defense for accepting the “gift” has been [...]

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In her new world tour, coined, “Confessions,” Madonna performs an act that has religious proponents outraged. She mirrors the crucifixion of Christ by putting herself up on the cross. She released a public statement yesterday to clarify the reasoning or intentions behind her actions. She states, “There seems to be many misinterpretations about my appearance [...]

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Worth, a southwest suburb of Chicago, is adopting new provisions in their contracts for police officers. The same clauses have become common in all contracts across the state, but these clauses have also sparked debate. The clauses call for a decreased blood-alcohol limit in the bodies of on-duty police officers. Numerous towns don’t address a [...]

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A Cook County commissioner, one Tony Peraica (a Republican candidate), held a news conference outside the county’s human resources office to clarify the reasons for the FBI’s presence in the building. Although the FBI’s investigation began late last year, it first reached the public’s view just yesterday when agents stormed the human resource’s building (where [...]

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One woman’s plea to the masses graced the pages of the Classifieds Section of Thursday’s Chicago Tribune. The ad, found in the “Personals” section reads: Please help, I’m constantly regurgitating mucus since an operation and it is wrecking my throat and life. It is not acid reflux. Any suggestions? Kathy, 312-565-1843. Two manners of suggestion [...]

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Soon, patrons of McDonalds may never again hear the frustrating apology, “I’m sorry, we stopped serving breakfast at 10:30.” McDonalds is developing a new cooking system at its innovation facility in Romeoville, Illinois, which will enable McDonalds’ franchises to serve breakfast items all day long. The system, if implemented, will make McDonalds’ employees jobs easier [...]

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Michael Jordan’s talents always shined on the basketball court, but now he’s generating professional recognition in yet another competitive field. Michael Jordan was one of several featured athletes that went toe to toe against poker pros such as Johnny Chan, Greg Raymer, Phil Gordon, and Phil Helmuth in an annual charity event hosted by former [...]

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As if riding the tallest, fastest, gut-wrenching roller coasters in the world isn’t daring enough, Six Flags Great America charges its patrons with a new challenge. A dozen parks across the nation will be taking part in a promotion geared towards their annual Halloween “Fright Fest.” Starting Oct. 7, Six Flags’ visitors may sign a [...]

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The Germans have been tinkering with a new technology to improve mass public transportation. Siemens and ThyssenKrupp are the two companies that joined hands to create the Transrapid train. The three car train is suspended in mid-air through the use of magnets, allowing the train to glide over the monorail at speeds in excess of [...]

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Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, who starred in the movies Young Guns and La Bamba, among others, was charged with domestic battery on Thursday in Los Angeles. The charge stems from a dispute he experienced last month with his girlfriend. On August 11, an argument ensued between the two which led to a physical confrontation. Phillips [...]

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On Monday morning Washington D.C. police officers failed to detain Carlos Greene outside the U.S. Capitol. First, the 20 year-old suspect eluded two officers in his car. He then darted from his vehicle and escaped a third officer’s pursuit on foot. Seeking recluse, he ran across the Capitol’s grounds and gained access to the Capitol [...]

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Alfonso Rodriguez Jr, of Crookston, Minnesota showed no remorse, or any other emotion Friday, when a jury in North Dakota handed him the death sentence. It was the first sentence of its kind in nearly a century. The 53 year-old convicted sex offender kidnapped a 22 year old student of the University of North Dakota [...]

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With the onset of the smoking ban enacted and enforced in Chicago bars and restaurants, the popularity of the Hookah café has emerged. These establishments have escaped the stingy anti-smoking ordinance by masquerading as licensed “retail tobacco” establishments. The label carries with it the stipulation that the establishment must derive at least 65% of their [...]

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Former Will County jail inmates were subjected to strip searches for offenses as little as misdemeanors or failures to appear in court on traffic charges. Kenneth Flaxman is the attorney responsible for filing the suit against the county back in 2003. In December of 2005 the county appealed a federal court ruling that declared the [...]

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Sweetheart Tables at weddings are becoming increasingly popular, but the popularity rests solely upon the bride and the groom. According to a recent survey of 191 people, almost 75% of them don’t approve of the isolated table setting. Most of these people are opposed to the idea of the bride and groom sitting at a [...]

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Coping with the death of a loved one is never easy, although helping a friend through the mourning process is often looked upon as even harder. The good news is it doesn’t have to be. Tony Pacione, a social worker and the director of behavioral health at Lutheran General Hospital’s Advocate Medical Group in Park [...]

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Coping with the death of a loved one is never easy, although helping a friend through the mourning process is often looked upon as even harder. The good news is it doesn’t have to be. Tony Pacione, a social worker and the director of behavioral health at Lutheran General Hospital’s Advocate Medical Group in Park [...]

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Tao Electronics is responsible for producing a portable photo album. That’s right! When someone asks to see your kids, you no longer have to dig through your purse or delve through your wallet, struggling to produce your pride and joy. Instead, you simply have to produce your new keychain, and click a couple of buttons. [...]

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The federal government will supply radios to all 97,000 public schools across the nation. The radios will deliver warnings regarding all hazards, from severe weather conditions to acts of terrorism. The Homeland Security Department will contribute $5 million to see the project through.

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Behold ladies, some men carry with them the obsession with shoes. These men feel the same frustration a woman often expresses when he sees somebody wearing an identical pair of shoes. If such a travesty should occur, men succumb to the retailers’ solution: “Buy a different pair.” Krabby Rangoon is happy to oblige. Mr. Rangoon [...]

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A recent study shows abstinence doesn’t pay…as well. The study was based on an article found in the Journal Labor Research. It contends that social drinking builds social capital through the use of networking. Females who frequent the watering holes at least once per month, build relationships and make more contacts than those that do [...]

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The Internet serves as a wonderful tool of individual expression; however, it still lacks the appeal to the ear that the medium of radio can provide. So how does one compensate for this void? They partake in the twenty one year-old illegal practice known as Pirate Radio. Pirate Radio refers to a radio station that [...]

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Music is as common now in operating rooms as it is in elevators. Although the tunes heard within the medical field are generally more inspiring and/or comforting. Studies have shown that music can ease both doctor and patient anxieties. It’s also been proven that music not only improves a doctor’s performance, but it also lowers [...]

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Internet advertising accounts for a mere 5% of all U.S. advertising revenues. Keyword ads running alongside search results, banner display ads, and classified ads are responsible for a 37% revenue increase for the first half of this year. Last year online revenues equaled $12.5 billion. Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP conducted a quarterly study to determine Internet [...]

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Patrick Crowe of Kansas City, Mo, has been campaigning on Oprah’s behalf for years. His charge…he wants to see Oprah Winfrey run for president. Patrick Crowe even set up a website strictly for the purpose. A month ago Oprah’s lawyers issued Crowe a letter, demanding him to remove her picture from his website. Oprah appeared [...]

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Retired Gen. John R.S. Batiste told a forum consisting of Democratic Senators, “I believe Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the administration did not tell the American people the truth for fear of losing support for the war in Iraq.” He also believes soldiers were deployed without the best equipment available. Retired Major General Paul Eaton [...]

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Pfc. John Jodka, 20, Cpl. Marshall Magincalda, 23, and Lance Cpl. Jerry Shumate, 21, were among four other Marines and one Navy corpsman involved in the kidnapping and murder of a 52 year-old Iraqi man. Hashim Ibrahim Awad resided in the town Hamdania. The serviceman broke into the man’s home, bound his feet, and dragged [...]

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Joe Francis, founder and chief executive of the ‘Girls Gone Wild’ company, was fined $500,000 yesterday in Los Angeles. It’s the second hefty fine he’s received this month for violating federal record keeping laws that require him to document the ages of young women that appear in his soft porn videos. Earlier this month, Francis’ [...]

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. Just when you thought there was every reason to intervene in North Korea, the North Koreans provide the best reason of all: maybe the world needs to save North Korea from itself. It sounds like they just made a big, unintended, glow-in-the-dark mess with their odd little explosion, rather like their odd little leader. Oh, sure, his hair stands [...]

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The last time A.J. Pierzynski was in Boston his team lost a crucial three game series. That wasn’t the only thing A.J. lost though. He lost respect. A pop fly carried A.J into foul territory. He caught the ball to end the inning. Two young boys in the crowd gestured to A.J. in an effort [...]

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Lipomics Technologies Inc. Is in the process of developing a new system used to detect or profile an individual’s capacity for fitness and exhaustion. Patricia Deuster, director of aplied human biology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, explains, “Beyond sing bio-markers like blood glucose or blood lactate, there really [...]

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A recent study published in the archives of Internal Medicine reveals some disturbing tendencies in the medical field. The survey was given to 2,600 surgeons and medical specialists. Its aim…to question doctors motivations and tendencies regarding the disclosure of any errors they may have made, or will make. 20% of those surveyed definitely would not [...]

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That’s about what the Chicago Cubs 2006 season amounted to. The butt of the blame has consistently shifted throughout the course of the year, ranging from nagging injuries to lack of intensity. An interview with first baseman/outfielder Phil Nevin, who “enjoyed” his short stint (67 games) with the Cubs, failed to put fans’ questions to [...]

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The San Diego Chargers’ starting safety Terrance Kiel was arrested Tuesday for drug trafficking. He was charged with two counts of distribution of Codeine-based cough syrup and three counts of possession with the intent to sell. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration closed in on him at the team’s practice facility. His motives are uncertain, but [...]

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The Cincinnati Bengals’ linebacker Odell Thurman is in trouble again. His season came to an abrupt halt when he was arrested Wednesday for drunken driving. His hearing is scheduled for Monday. He was already serving a four game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, and he had had several problems of this sort [...]

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Terrell Owens, perhaps the most controversial star in NFL history, has a propensity for destructive behavior. His history includes accusing a former teammate, his quarterback at the time (Steve Young of the 49ers), of being gay. In addition he quit in mid season because another former teammate, quarterback Donavan McNabb, didn’t fit T.O.’s bill of [...]

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Forty two year-old Tom Morello set aside his guitar and went to bat for immigrants that work in hotels.  He was portesting the lack of rights immigrant hotel workers receive.  His stage of protest wasn’t at a hotel though, rather it was at the Los Angeles International Airport.  This stage seemed a bit odd, especially considering [...]

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The President has proclaimed North Korea as part of the “axis of evil” (Iran, Iraq, North Korea), but the facts concerning Kim Jong Il’s connection to the United States are very illusive. In addition, it’s shocking to think that the United States, or at least those running it, has a connection to the North Korean [...]

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Some important new details have come out since my post yesterday about the narrowly avoided school shooting in Missouri. I pointed out that (A) the weapon, though scarily referred to as an AK-47, was most likely a semi-automatic gun that would have worked quite well for hunting and (B) someone was probably negligent in letting [...]

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It’s important for journalists to set their biases aside, but as media mogul Ted Turner showed recently, it’s possible to take it too far. More outlets need to realize they are in a capitalist competition for an audience — and that criticizing broadcasters’ use of American flag backdrops, or saying you yourself can’t make up [...]

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Time.com has a story revealing how truly useless Bush’s school shooting conference today was. According to the magazine, the agenda included: “—Schools need to do more planning for the possibility that their pupils will have to deal with violence. Schools should have an emergency response plan and need to devote more resources to physical security [...]

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An editor for the Washington Post has agreed with colleagues that the term “the N word” is trivializing and demeaning. His off-the-cuff suggestion? “A well known racial epithet.” The whole issue stems from a desire to tiptoe around racial matters. The WaPo should at least consider doing what many publications do for all profanity — [...]

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Accton Technology Corporation, an elite provider of telecommunications and networking, unveiled its latest contribution to the evolving world of technology.  The Taiwan based company has developed the first Wi-Fi phone made exclusively for Skype compatabilities.  The phone, entitled the Accton VM1185T, is the first hand-held device to come equipped with Skype’s Voice over Internet Protocol [...]

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For those who were biting their nails and losing sleep over Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie’s recent feud, this will come as good news. Apparently, after a fine steak dinner and a sleepover, the famous-for-no-reason and extremely wealthy ladies buried the hatchet. You know, tabloids love celebrity feuds. What will they do next for media [...]

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I don’t think it’s any secret that Barbara Streisand, along with most outspoken celebrity wanna-be pundits, hate President Bush, but why drag your fans into it? After a twelve year absence from the music scene, Streisand returned to a slew of sold-out shows. The third of which took place yesterday in New York City. After [...]

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Myspace.com, the networking site, has finally found something better to do than providing a medium for local bands to bug me and for child molesters to stalk prey. Myspace announced that they are promoting 20 concerts around the country to raise funds and awareness for a humanitarian mission in Sudan. The Oct. 21 concerts will [...]

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In the trade it’s known as Patch Tuesday, the monthly adventure with Microsoft when they release the ‘Updates and Upgrades’ to their flagship Windows operating system. Once again we were not disapointed, Microsoft managed to release 11 fixes, 6 of which were flagged as ‘critical’. A critical flag generaly means that someone has unleashed a [...]

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…it is Voo Doo politics. After all, many Democratic platforms and concepts do seem divorced from the realities of day-to-day life.   Steve Den Beste writes “a few years ago left-wing bloggers embraced the term “reality-based community”, apparently as a response to the the “faith-based community”. But it’s increasingly looking like the left wing is actually hallucination-based. [...]

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Last weeks hot High Tech rumor involved Google buying YouTube. Well it is rumor no more, it is fact. Google apparently is paying $1.65bn for the less than 2 year old web site that serves video content over the internet. I see some real issues in this move. I like Google, I very much like [...]

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After Martin Luther’s translation, that is. Or after the fifty or so others that followed that. Of course the Bible was never meant to be politically correct, was it? But that’s beside the point. Whatever. At any rate, it looks like Martin Luther may have set a bad precedent after all. When anybody and everybody [...]

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The computer industry is a curious one, it loves to re-invent itself on a regular basis. The 1960’s and 70’s were dominated by the corporate datacenter, usually a room the size of an aircraft hanger, inevitably painted white, and very antiseptic.  These caverns were the home to large boxes emblazoned with the IBM logo. The [...]

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Of course, if you have blood pressure problems, you may want to take precautions prior to checking out this new and free to use site, which allows you to search through $12 Trillion worth of federal government spending. OMB Watch is responsible for making this information readily available to the average person, to each of us [...]

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Alaskans say “No thanks” Native Alaskans are proud, to be sure, proud enough to forego free heating oil in a climate where winter temperatures drop to -15 degrees. More than a little miffed at comments made by Hugo Chavez during his recent appearance at the United Nations, some of the poorest native villages in our [...]

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Is it just me, or is the world becoming a very unsafe place to eat? In the past few weeks we have had warnings about contaminated spinach and dangerous lettuces. Just when you thought it was safe to eat a salad there is a new warning coming out of Canada, “Don’t drink the carrot Juice“. [...]

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We are being told this morning that “polls” show that the Republican Party is on the verge of losing a good number of seats in the upcoming November elections. This is not surprising news when you consider that the Republican’s are the majority party in both the Senate and the House and when you realize [...]

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Why are Native American students at the University of North Dakota opposed to use of the “Fighting Sioux” but nobody is opposed to the “Fighting Irish?” A recent post to the Blogger News Network entitled “The Irish are beneath contempt” asks this question, rhetorically, and takes opponents of the Fighting Sioux logo to task. However, the [...]

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By Ric Ottaiano  October 10, 2006 There is a “growing gap” between the number of black and Hispanic students graduating from high school in California and the number who are enrolling in the UC (University of California) system. Naturally, the race whores are having the vapors over these new statistics shedding tears of dread and [...]

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Alcoholism is a condition, which occurs when the consumption of alcohol by a person interferes with his normal social and personal life.  An accidental discovery of a gene’s ‘anti-alcoholic’ properties, by Italian Scientists at the Milan’s Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM), could help scientists in developing therapies for people with drinking problems. Scientists discovered the [...]

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Researchers at University of Chicago have found that a drug called ‘Naltrexone’, which is widely used in management of alcohol and heroin dependence, can help women to quit smoking. Smoking is a major cause for a number of diseases in humans. Researchers studied the effectiveness of this drug on 110 people who smoked nearly 15 [...]

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Australia’s main research agency the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, has warned in a report that Asian economies could be rattled by the changing climate in the years to come. Millions of people in Asia would be displaced by rising sea levels and many more would be put at risk for infectious diseases, as [...]

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The dengue outbreak in India has so far claimed the lives of 55 people across the country and more cases of this deadly tropical disease are reported every day. Dengue, a viral disease transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, is characterized by sudden onset of fever, severe head ache and joint pains and this disease [...]

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I guess this is as good a way as any to prepare for the coming shortage of potential female mates in China. The One Child policy will turn millions of males now growing up into permanent bachelors. But, two young warriors are happy today after a martial arts tournament earned them the right to ask [...]

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In America the debate is far from closing remarks on the issue of sanity and criminal activity. In China it appears the Jury is not out on schizophrenia and social consequences for behavior. A 28-year-old history teacher Li Hengyi was convicted of murder after banging a student’s head against a desk, stomping on her head, [...]

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— OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion through Blogs and Podcasts. — North Korea’s Nuclear test has brought into sharp focus Pakistan’s role as a Nuclear Proliferator. The blast, at an underground facility in North Hamgyong province, was believed [...]

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The city council in the small Hessian town of Dietzenbach has obviously gone completely hog wild. In a reckless attempt to promote the integration of foreign children in their community, they have actually voted to start displaying the German flag in their kindergartens. But it doesn’t stop there: They also want to hang the picture [...]

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