Eric Kampmann is an interesting character, he heads up two publishing concerns, Midpoint Trade Books, and Beaufort Books. Beaufort Books made the headlines last year as the publisher of the very contentious O.J. Simpson penned, If I Did It. This was the book that ended up in court, the Goldman family prevailing, and wresting the [...]

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According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, Hillary Clinton has seen her lead drop by three more points in Pennsylvania. The margin is now 50%-41% in favor of Clinton. A little more than two weeks ago the same poll had Clinton up 53%-41%.

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While writers of the southwest in particular write of the broiling heat of summer, writers of a Minnesota background seem to write about the brutal cold of the winter.  That brutal cold of the winter is certainly a factor in a number of stories here but not in all of them.  The stories do share [...]

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With a subtitle of “The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting America” author Jack Cafferty is not in the mood to take prisoners. In the same style familiar to viewers of his often acerbic segments known as the “Cafferty File” on CNN’S The Situation Room, Jack Cafferty opens fire with both barrels on [...]

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Faron Young was an anathema, he clocked over 80 Billboard hits, yet remains relatively unknown to all but an aging Country & Western fan base. Diane Diekman has done an outstanding job of recreating the life and times of Faron Young. Diane was a young fan, who later became a friend of the musician, and [...]

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The stage is finally set with the Election Commission announcing the poll schedule for Karnataka. Karnataka will have three-phased assembly elections on May 10, 16 and 22… Counting of votes in the elections to the 224-member House would take place on May 25…A total of 4,00,77,666 electors would be eligible to vote While Offstumped has [...]

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Jack and Sharon are told by the bellhop at the Club that Alistair came in last night and was drunk. Jack tells Sharon to try calling him again. She says it isn’t necessary because here he comes down the stairs. Jack gives him his pay and tells him to get out of town. He isn’t [...]

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Katie wakes up in bed with Brad’s arms around her. She slides out from under his arms and sits on the floor. She tells herself that she can’t believe she did this. Before she can slip out Brad wakes up and stops her. Katie begs him to please, please, please forget this happened. He tells [...]

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Max is down at the docks working when Stephanie walks up saying she found him. He says he didn’t know he was lost but then explains why he is working there tonight.  Max asks Stephanie what she is doing there anyway. He thought they would be having a party celebrating Nick getting his grants. She [...]

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“With ads like that, it’s more likely the call at 3 am is ‘Senator, you just lost another superdelegate.’” – McCain advisor Steve Schmidt on Clinton’s new “3AM ad.” That quote has nothing to do with this blog post. It’s just damn funny. Now then… Michigan is always traditionally a battleground state. It’s not one [...]

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In this charming, poignant story of hope and determination, Alex, an 11-year-old Jewish boy survives by his wits after escaping the Nazi invasion of the Polish Ghetto where he lived with his father and great uncle during World War II. After managing to run away when the Nazi’s are attempting to clear the whole area, [...]

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While speaking today at the 21st Century Job Summit in Pittsburgh, PA, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced a plan that would reward companies who create new jobs in the United States, and eliminate the tax rewards for outsourcing.

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The label, “Made in China!” should shout a warning to Catholics when they search in religious goods stores for Catholic religious articles. The fact that religious articles are being produced by businesses in China for global Catholics is a high illustration of our lack of concern for the Chinese government’s lack of religious tolerance and [...]

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Recently, this author had the opportunity to participate in a discussion about the increased spread of Islam on the BBC via a live web broadcast. It seems very clear that the UK is uniquely concerned with the emerging dominance of Islamic fundamentalism within Britain and indeed the rest of the world. What concerns most observers [...]

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By John Donovan of RoyalDutchShellPlc.com In December 2005 we published an article containing the following paragraph: It appears that extremely powerful forces are at work and one wonders where the intrigue will lead in relation to the Corrib pipeline. Will “THE GREAT CORRIB GAS CONTROVERSY” turn into something even bigger – a full blown scandal? [...]

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Every musical piece is constructed from variatons and combinations of silence and sound. Most film scores are relatively light on the former and heavy on the latter, which isn’t a bad choice, especially in an action film. but Christopher Young’s score for Sleepwalking makes abundant use of the silences between the notes in order to convey [...]

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The Zimbabwe elections are in chaos (Reuters).  While the country waits in tension, Robert Mugabe has not been seen in public since casting his vote on March 29, and opposition candidate for President, Morgan Tsvangirai is claiming victory (BBC)…  Suspicions remain that the long delayed results of the elections are being caused by manipulation of [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog So here’s the plan – at least in the minds of the fuzzy pea-sized brains of the moonbats. You see, Fitna has been giving moonbats fits. (Excuse the pun) They would like to have the film pulled from every nook and cranny of the Internet. Unfortunately that is now impossible. [...]

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The Saudi Arabian government seems to be engaged in a theocratic and political game of,”Cat & Mouse!” or rather, “Pope & King!” While the attempt to establish better relations between the Holy See and the Saudi government was developing nicely until last week. The obstacle towards further development for the building of Catholic Churches in [...]

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Despite the fact that over one hundred and twenty schools in the region have been found to contain asbestos, the Highland Council in the UK continues to insist that neither employees nor students are at risk from exposure to the potentially deadly material, which is a known carcinogenic. Asbestos has been identified in one hundred [...]

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All Three Candidates for Capital Punishment! Unhappily all three of our presidential candidates still support capital punishment. One assumes lingering anxiety about offending the law and order nuts who see killing as a solution for crimes — or at least for soothing the bruised feelings of friends and relatives of murder victims. Ironically the lex [...]

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It may be true that you can’t fight City Hall. But if you hire a lawyer you might at least break through stonewalling by Vancouver City Hall Community Services General Manager, Jacquie Forbes-Roberts, and her in-house lawyer David Hill, both of whom have been thumbing their noses at the rule of law. Carnegie Board member Rachel Davis [...]

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In India, admissions to the prestigious Management institutes such as IIMs are accepted through a common entrance test called CAT. Every year, lakhs of students participate  in the examinations for the few thousands seats.  The test is therefore  fiercely contested. Authorities have  now proposed that from next year onwards, CAT examinations will be made online [...]

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