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When I read about President Bush’s proposed $3.1 trillion spending plan (a plan that his White House spokeswoman said “certainly” won’t cover the cost of the war, although it does cut Medicaid and Medicare), I was reminded of the scene in the movie Dave where Kevin Kline, playing a presidential look-alike who steps in for the real Commander-in- ( Read more... )

A chain of retail stores in Britain has withdrawn the sale of beds named Lolita and designed for six-year-old girls after furious parents pointed out that the name was synonymous with sexually active pre-teens ( Read more... )

Over the past couple of months, my knowledge of world affairs has greatly increased while I am pretty out of touch with the happenings in the United States. This is not (entirely) because I am living abroad; rather, I have been working for a newspaper syndicate, which distributes op-ed columns internationally. Thus, our focus is quite ( Read more... )

Last night, Caroline and I were on our way to meet Jirka for dinner when we wandered into a neo-Nazi celebration commemorating KristallnachtHoly. Fucking. Shit. That definitely qualifies as one of the scariest moments of my life ( Read more... )

I honestly have no idea what the reputation of Scripps Howard News Service is, but I thought they were reputable. Still, this article reads like propaganda. I realize that it's an opinion piece but it's like reading a transcript of The O'Reilly Factor. Ugh ( Read more... )

My new job is news-oriented, so in the past week and a half, I've brushed up quite nicely on my current events (and been able to read a few fluff pieces too). This particular article isn't nearly as serious as the content that my company syndicates, but I thought I'd share:


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I just got off the phone with my mom, who told me about this story that happened in my hometown of Quincy, Illinois ( Read more... )

Oh my God, Kurt Vonnegut diedIt was my dream to meet him and now I am absolutely devastated. I knew he was old and had some health problems, but he was obviously supposed to hold out just a bit longer so I could visit him ( Read more... )

So, Barry sent me MSNBC's news article on this gem of a story, i.e., the Lisa Nowak story. If you haven't heard about it (which I find hard to believe), she's an astronaut charged with attempting to kill another woman who posed a threat to her budding relationship with another astronaut ( Read more... )