ANCIENT RITES AND RANTS (AND IMMORTAL BULLSHIT)

This little girl was born with about the worse streak of bad luck a child can have. First, she was born in a small village in one of the mo...

When I decided to set my novel in Baltimore I wasn't aware of the particulars of that city's crime statistics, though I knew it was ...

Special note-you can download the Supreme Court's Heller Decision in pdf format from the Scotus blog here . The best thing about the Sup...

Of course Hillary Clinton will agree to support Obama's candidacy. Of course she will be willing to campaign for him. Of course, Bill wi...

Radio talk show host Don Imus is in the process of learning a bitter lesson, not only about race relations, but all areas of human relations...

This coming Saturday will be the annual River Sweep. Bands of volunteers will gather on both sides and the entire length of the Ohio River, ...

There was a recent flap over campaign aids for Barak Obama not allowing two Muslim women wearing the hajib to set behind Obama while he was...

I find a good many areas of agreement with this article from the Christian Science Monitor . In fact, I've been sick for a good long tim...

Here is an interesting and well-written article on the life of Thomas Paine and his contribution to the cause of American rebels in the Revo...

I’ve got this germ of an idea, but don’t know how to go about getting it off the ground. It’s based on the reality series, Survivor, only th...

Mr. Sulu is heading for Uranus, but hell, that might be a good thing. Who has more experience at spotting Klingons? He's so all fired up...

I'm expecting Tom Brokaw to take over on a temporary basis, much as it says in this article . After that, it's anyone's guess. T...

One thing that has been greatly downplayed over the last few days is the recent prison escape in Kandahar Afghanistan of 892 prisoners-389 o...

R. Kelly, pictured above, was recently acquitted in a Chicago court of all 14 counts of child pornography after a jury deliberation of seven...

Ireland was the only country out of the 27 nation membership of the EU to actually afford it's citizens the opportunity to vote directly...

Like television way back in the early days-and some would say still today-the internet is a vast wasteland. Actually, it is even more so. Ou...

It's pretty bad when an intelligence agent leaves classified documents on a train. Luckily a passenger found them and handed them over t...

Read this sentence carefully- The Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Kettering was selling fresh Roma tomatoes in bulk as usual, though the FDA has cl...

That's pretty much how I have to read this poll related to the approval ratings of Ohio Democratic Governor Ted Strickland, who is also...

Kucinich tried and failed last year to initiate impeachment proceedings against Vice-President Dick Cheney , a move Democratic Majority Lead...