Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who died Sunday at the age of 89 in Moscow, was greatly admired by the late Pope John Paul II. According to Ted Lipien, the author of a recently published book, Wojtyla’s Women, How They Shaped the Life of Pope John Paul II and Changed the Catholic Church, both men shared a highly negative […]

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Jana is frustrated because she can’t find enough lily’s for Sabrina’s funeral. Kevin is worried about how she is so stressed out doing all this. He says this isn’t her responsibility but she wants it all over with so Victor can grieve in peace. She says she wants to do this for Mr. Newman and […]

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Max is trying to convince Melanie that he is her brother. He tells her about his life after his Mom was killed and how he was put into foster care. She doesn’t believe him so Max shows her the picture of her and his mom. She says Trent is the only one that has a […]

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One of the more fun parts of reviewing is the stuff that doesn’t actually require any effort. Death Race is set for a August 22 release. And as I mentioned in a previous article looks a lot like Death Race 2000 with aspects of Rollerball and Running Man thrown in for good measure.
Well the Death […]

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Mary Winkler–who shot her husband in the back and then refused to aid him or call 911 as he slowly bled to death for 20 minutes–walked away a free woman last year after serving a farcically brief “sentence” for her crimes.
Mary Winkler’s claims of abuse were largely uncorroborated during the trial. According to the testimony […]

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Ringo Starr was the narrator for the Thomas & Friends shows for a very long time.  To be honest, that is probably the most important contribution any member of the Beatles or the band as a whole ever made to the world of entertainment.  But now there’s a new face in town, Pierce Brosnan, and […]

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I don’t like dolls.  My mom collects them, mainly antique or elaborate foreign dolls.  I had a bunch of action figures as a child, which is more of a man doll than most of us are willing to admit.  Still, I fail to understand the magnetic draw they can have upon people.  How can they […]

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As I was sitting down and watching television on Saturday evening, I happened to stumble upon a movie on Lifetime entitled The Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleading Scandal. The movie was based upon a true story that occurred at McKinney North High School in Mckinney, Texas where five cheerleaders (dubbed themselves the Fab Five) were […]

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Hey all…
I recently had an opportunity to review a new children’s book from Craig T. Feigh called “Little Bit & Big Byte.” This is a children’s book with big, colorful pictures and memorable characters (& lessons) written with the high-tech child in mind.
Illustrated by Patrick Carlson, Feigh & Carlson create a cool approach to telling […]

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Hi all…
I am a huge James Bond fan. Was a big fan of the books not long after I was introduced to Dr. No as a kid. Ian Fleming wasn’t the greatest author in the world, but his world was so vivid that I didn’t really care. I devoured all of the novels I could […]

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The suicide last week of Fort Dietrich Bio Scientist Bruce Ivins has once more brought the 2001 Anthrax mailings to the forefront. What is not clear to me is if this is closure to the matter, or just another twist in a very strange story.
One of the perks (about the only one) of being a […]

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Athanassios Arvanitis apparently is a man one doesn’t want to piss off. Neighbors say that Arvanitis and his girlfriend, 25 year old Adamantia Karkali, got into a heating argument when he got hold of her dog and cut its head off with a meat cleaver and then turned on her stabbing her and beheading her […]

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Stranahan Wonders if He Will Become an “Unperson”
How are you going to keep the KOSsacks down on the farm, once they’ve seen the John Edwards Love Child Scandal?
My BNN and DBKP article praised left-liberal-progressive website, DailyKOS, on Friday [John Edwards Scandal: DailyKOS Readers Now Know; Others Remain In the Dark for writer/video producer] for letting […]

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This article was published last August, it seems most appropriate to run again during these …dog days of summer!
It won’t be long before that old familiar ring of the school bell is sounding for my daughter. Right now everything is perfect in her potential third grade world. She sleeps late, stays up late, goes to […]

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On Friday, the FBI arrested a former Countrywide employee and his accomplice for stealing and selling personal information (including social security numbers) obtained from people applying for mortgages. According to news sources, the number of people compromised was about 2 million.
The Countrywide inside man was identified as Rene L. Rebollo Jr., who worked at Countrywide’s […]

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April 3, 1969 should be recalled as a monumental day in the history of the Catholic Church in the 20th century. This is the day that Pope Paul VI promulgated his Apostolic Constitution, Misalle Romanum that gave the Universal Church the so-called Novus Ordo, or the Mass of Paul VI. As part of the liturgical […]

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Last May’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid of kosher meatpacking plant Agriprocessors in Postville, IA, not only found that nearly half the employees at Agriprocessors were found to be illegal immigrants, and 20 of the 389 who were rounded up were under-age - some as young as 13-years old, reports The New York Times:
[I]n […]

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Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met over breakfast on the sidelines of the SAARC Summit on Sunday, July 3.
Amid accusations of Pakistan’s intelligence service ISI, helping the terrorists plan the July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul and the recent reversal of decision by Pakistani government […]

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Merchant of Venice (Graphic Novel)
by Garath Hinds
Following his uber-impressive and successful Beowulf Hinds has decided to tackle one of Shakespeare more thorny plays. His tact is most interesting; as the verbiage begins in modern language and gradually returns to the Bard’s original word. This is a clever device that drags the reader in whether well […]

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Atlantis was America 
by Dennis Brooks 
Pretty bold statement you say? Well yes it is and the author claims that Tampa was its capital city. Both are intriguing concepts; especially in the light of several recent novels that feature Atlantis. Now I was rather hoping for a scholarly tome explaining the theory.
Instead what I got was a […]

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WOZA, the 60,000 strong “Women of Zimbabwe Arise” organisation, have been marching the streets of Zimbabwe calling for “Bread and Roses”.  “Bread” represents food, and “roses” represent lasting dignity.  Most times, they are arrested and beaten for their presumption, but last week 300 man and women marched through the streets of Bulawayo without police interference.  […]

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Maybe I am old and jaded, or maybe I am more open minded than most. The Anthrax attacks that killed 5 people, and hospitalized a number of others, followed close on the heels of the 9/11 horror story. At the time, the obvious culprit was Osama Bin Laden, or more correctly, one of his minions.
The […]

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In Part 6 of his series, Lawrence Meyers and Monty Bennett discuss Ashford’s REIT structure and how to read their balance sheet.
By: Lawrence Meyers
L:  Let’s talk about hotel REITs and how they work, and specifically, how Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT) works.
M:  REITS are not allowed to operate their own hotels.  They can own them, […]

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