With all the intellectual substance of “Tutti Frutti,” a silly Little Richard song from the 1950s, the Barack Obama campaign continues to rock and roll across America, racking up primary victories like gobs of gumdrops.  Back in the ‘50s, songs like “Tutti Frutti” with their juvenile lyrics were ridiculed by grown-ups.  Now, not only has [...]

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The Citizens of Arlington, OR have Spoken Carmen Kontur-Gronquist is no Longer Mayor Mayor Stripped to Underwear for MySpace, Town Stripped the Mayor of Her Job Will the MySpace Mayor Ride Quietly into the Sunset? The most famous underwear in small-town mayoral politics has surfaced–so to speak–again. This time, it has cost Carmen Kontur-Gronquist her [...]

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William F. Buckley passed away today Buckley lived his life to the fullest, continuing to keep a full schedule Twenty-two anecdotes, videos, stories and quotes from WFB’s 82 years R.I.P. November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008 Quotes, Tributes and Anecdotes In early 1977, Jimmy Carter was just settling into the White House and the [...]

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William F. Buckley, A Man who wore many hats, Passed Away Today at 82 Buckley was “The Philosophical Father of the Modern Conservative Movement”  Ten Excerpts from WFB on Marijuana, Obama, Hillary Clinton and more  “The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.” William F. Buckley Jr. William F. Buckley Jr. passed away [...]

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I love ‘AHA’ moments. I was sitting at my desk the other day, instant messaging my mother and she was going off on her ‘Why don’t you ever write to me?’ tangent again. And, once again, I was instant messaging back that ‘I am writing to you. Right this moment. We are writing back and [...]

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It’s still on line, and it’s scary. An open threat to bomb buildings and the homes of those they consider their enemy. Yet except for a few segments on the TV show “Law and Order”, it is a topic that rarely hits the news: the ongoing threat to scientists who do research on animals so [...]

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The Beatles actually started out life in 1957 and were known as the Quarrymen, a name that did not last long! Everyone knows The Beatles, everyone has at some time or another heard the music. But few people know much about their early history. Destination Hamburg plans on changing this. This documentary features previously unreleased [...]

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Apparently to prove that the US is filled with Muslim hating Yahoos, ABC went on the hunt to find “Islamophobia” in America and the result is “Witness to Discrimination: What Would You Do?” Since they didn’t really know where to find any, ABC News decided to create their own prejudice against Muslims by hiring an [...]

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“Whenever I tried to get my daughter, Family Court wouldn’t let me,” said Jewell’s father, Ricky Ward. “The courts wouldn’t hear me out. I blame this on Leatrice Brewer and Family Court.” “She wanted to kill them. I let the court know that. But they took only one side…I loved them. I’ve been fighting for [...]

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The dean of journalism at Northwestern University seems to have gotten himself in a bit of a sticky wicket, as it were. Apparently, John Lavine, the dean of the Medill School of Journalism, has been indulging in the use of un-attributed and unnamed sources in his columns for the Medill alumni magazine and 16 NU [...]

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As an adjunct to the story we did not long ago about union corruption in the construction trade in New York City, it was reported by the Courant newspaper in Hartford, Conn., that subpoenas were handed down to a Norwalk, Conn. based EMCOR Group, inc. Norwalk-based EMCOR Group Inc., the construction and building systems company, [...]

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Nick and Phyllis discuss things at the new office. She wants to know if she should cut corners to save on expenses. He tells her that if she sees something she wants or that they need for the place she should get it. She tells him that she met the new Newman member last night [...]

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Noah walks into the kitchen and Luke asks him how Ameera is. He said she seems so shaken up after hearing the loud noise at the diner. Noah gets a call from the warden at the prison telling him that his father is requesting to see him. Ameera says she wants to go see him. [...]

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Everyone is at The Brady Pub after the funeral to toast to Shawn Brady. Bo is weak but refuses to go back to the hospital until after the toast to his Pop is made. Hope asks Steve to stick close by in case she needs him. Peeking in through the window is Ava looking at [...]

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The dean of journalism at Northwestern University seems to have gotten himself in a bit of a sticky wicket, as it were. Apparently, John Lavine, the dean of the Medill School of Journalism, has been indulging in the use of un-attributed and unnamed sources in his columns for the Medill alumni magazine and 16 NU [...]

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Conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr., has died. Mr. Buckley was 82 years old, vigorous and involved in the world that he nearly single-handedly saved from collectivism. He is mourned, by me among millions, as one of the foundational figures of the modern age. Mr. Buckley famously announced his intention to stand athwart history yelling [...]

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For some strange reason, many Germans insist upon pronouncing the words Tomb Raider as spelled above, more or less. That has nothing to do with this post, of course, but I just thought you might blike to know. No, I take that back. Now I remember. The latest news about the search for the missing and [...]

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In Tuesday’s show (which wasn’t aired here on Tuesday due to a Canadian special on TV, but was aired this morning) the judge has come to a decision on who gets Hallie. Once at the court room, Gwen tells Sofie that no matter what happens with Hallie, she and Will only want what is best [...]

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[Last night a kindly restaurant owner called at Jean's request to ask whether she could stay with us.  I told him no and explained that we had known Jean since a daughter as a teen nearly two decades ago had met her while working at a summer job in Central Park.  Jean is, we  believe, [...]

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Economics is no doubt a complex subject, more so for people not having a formal degree in Economics. True, they also say that ten Economists would have eleven opinions on one single issue.   The headlines hit us all the while, over TV, morning papers, online. And we see various reports on economic growth rates, inflation [...]

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So who was the mysterious oppo researcher who gave Matt Drudge that photo of Barack Obama dressed in a turban and Somali garb on a trip to Africa in 2006? And why does his campaign consider it a “smear photo?” For that matter, why did John McCain apologize after one of his surrogates kept referring [...]

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I had a friend who was a bioethicist at Harvard medical school, and the pro euthanasia clique there routinely ridiculed his conservative writings. It was so bad that he rarely socialized when he wasn’t working (they couldn’t fire him: He had tenure). That was twenty years ago. For awhile, the Politically correct death people had [...]

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