"Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages. It was Obama's ninth straight victory over the past three weeks, and left the former first lady in desperate need of a comeback in a race she long commanded as front-runner ( Read more... )

I come out of semi-retirement to ask some questions: Is it wrong of me to wish for a 2008 Democratic convention that really means something? Is it wrong to hope that it will be more than just an endless commercial for a candidate who sewed everything up in the Spring? Isn't it a good thing that voters still have a real choice after the so-called ( Read more... )

A stereotype that's all talk."The Danes have a saying for it: 'The North Sea will sooner be found wanting in water than a woman at a loss for words.' The Japanese say, 'When there are women and geese, there's noise ( Read more... )

On this 231st anniversary of our nation's founding, an inspiring story that demonstrates independence and courage ( Read more... )

Guilty!

"A 71-year-old man alleged to have been a member of the Ku Klux Klan has been found guilty of kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 deaths of two black teenagers that sparked a summer of violence later depicted in the film Mississippi BurningJames Ford Seale had pleaded not guilty to the charges relating to the deaths of Charles Moore and ( Read more... )

...is more of George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words You Can Never Say On Television.I always enjoy the unscripted outbursts by celebrities during live award shows. They are infinitely more entertaining than the obviously staged and mostly unfunny pablum we endure for the majority of the broadcasts. I am looking forward to lots of "fleeting expletives ( Read more... )

What The World Eats. A Time photo essay showing 15 families from around the world and the amount of food they consume in one week. Looking at this made me cry. Sometimes in sadness because of the small amounts of food consumed by some of the families but also in happiness because of the joy shown by some of the groups in their photos.

Edwin Edwards, David Duke, Bill Jefferson... Just a few of the names giving Louisiana politics that sticky, not so clean feeling.

Edwin Edwards, our former governor, is currently serving time for racketeering, extortion, mail fraud, and wire fraud.

David Duke, former LA state representative and member of the Klu Klux Klan, served time for ( Read more... )

Andrew Speaker is not only a sneaky bastard but a liar, too. Anyone surprised? Didn't think so ( Read more... )

TB Andrew says, "I'm a very well-educated, successful, intelligent person," he told the newspaper. "This is insane to me that I have an armed guard outside my door when I've cooperated with everything other than the whole solitary-confinement-in-Italy thing ( Read more... )