We're about two years from the next presidential primary and I don't know how many of these are trial balloons, how much could be called groundwork, or if the political writers are simply getting bored. We're already seeing asides that Mr Bush could benefit from a Democratic House, they are still in the whisper phase, but in this one instance, it ( Read more... )

New Mexico's Secretary of State, Rebecca Vigil-Giron has been starring in a public service announcement about the new election reform laws, which passed through the legislature last session. The funny thing about her ad is when she says "vote early" because every time I hear it, I want to tack on "and often", but to be perfectly honestly, it's the ( Read more... )

Recently, the TSA has been moving toward privatizing airport screenings, while today, we discover one of the potential problems with such a program. Admittedly, the two issues aren't directly related, but a couple of air marshals commercially smuggling coke on flights where they are providing security, certainly should be a heads-up about the ( Read more... )

In an interview with the Associated Press, President Bush defended Exxon Mobil's record-breaking profit of $10.71 billion for the fourth quarter and $36.13 billion for the year by blaming it on the market. Back in 2000, when he was first running for office, in response to Democratic calls for an investigation into the skyrocketing cost and ( Read more... )

Even if you don't subscribe to the Dish Network, you may have seen Lifetime TV's "Ditch Dish!" ad or have seen mention of their dispute in the press. The two companies are at issue over the amount Dish will pay Lifetime for their channels. We've all seen this before, it occasionally happens with cable and more often lately, it's become an issue ( Read more... )

A couple of years ago, I saw an article that claimed bananas could get into short supply because the most popular varieties have become asexual due to genetic engineering. When I was looking for a source, I did discover that the case had been overstated in the media, but problems exist. There has been a shortage of bananas for a couple of weeks in ( Read more... )

On December 7th, the Shanghai Daily reported on German media stories which claim that Barbie® Dolls contain a chemical that has been tied to cancer. Initially, China wasn't planning to do any testing because they didn't have any standards to measure against. On December 8th, Bejiing announced that they are going to start spot-checking Barbie and it ( Read more... )