It ain't over 'till it's over, but it's sure close. John McCain could pull off an electoral victory, but even if he did, he probably wouldn't run again in 2012 (he'd be 76!). Today, I give a few predictions on who to watch down the road. John Boehner
Follow the if-msm-covered tag for more about CNN covering the Civil War, MSNBC covering the Revolutionary War, and more... On November 8th, 1864, CNN cut all their usual programs for an election night special in Washington D.C. The transcript follows.
I will admit from the start that this place in downtown Coos Bay, Oregon has been one of my favorite restaurants since I arrived in town and found work. My budget does not allow me to eat there often; it's a rare treat.
Three themes resound throughout Ayn Rand's enduring and endearing classic, Atlas Shrugged. All three pervade throughout the book, and explain why many of us believe what we believe.
Today MSNBC.com published an article by Eric Bland for Discovery about the Army developing 'synthetic telepathy' for sending messages.(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27162401/).
Just in time for its (and my) birthday, OpenOffice.org 3.0 was officially released today, after several builds had been found on the FTP sites several weeks before.
Grand Rapids, Michigan has a whale. How did this whale get to Michigan?
The Smoot Unit turned 50 years old last week.You can read all about that at the Laughing Squid in a nice little article by Dave Schumaker written October 3, 2008.
You already know about all the major third parties. However, did you know that there are also a bunch of smaller third parties? Most are one plank activists trying to draw attention to an issue (Prohibition Party), extremists (Socialist Party USA), or bloggers (Boston Tea Party).
Newsweek's Mary Charmichael reported today in an article entitled "Phizer's Headache: Lawsuit charges drugmaker was deceptive about Neurontin": After it paid $430 million to settle a 2004 lawsuit over illegal promotion of its anti-seizure drug Neurontin, Pfizer, the world's lar …
After helping his good buddy Mike Huckabee almost take the Republican nomination in 2008, rumors are that Chuck Norris is prepping himself for a 2012 run. Today, we take a look at Norris' record and credentials. Cabinet
The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image was written by Anne Baring and Jules Cashford, first published in 1991 by Arkana, a division of Penguin Books. Anne Baring has also written: The Mystic VisionThe One Work The Divine FeminineThe Birds Who Flew Beyond Time
Abraham Lincoln is one of the most popular presidents in history. However, anyone in 1863 would have laughed at you to hear that. In Colonel Alexander McClure's engaging book, you'll learn just that.
Is health insurance only for those lucky enough to be healthy and wealthy? Today MSNBC.com published an article by Jonathan Cohn, a writer for Self Magazine, When you are denied health insurance: Sometimes even healthy people can't get a company to sell them a policy (http://w …
After the original releases of three Ubuntu machines last year, Dell has quietly been adding to its repository of Linux-powered machines. The newest is a UK-based Inspiron Mini 9, reported by TheRegister.
This is my 25th article for the Last Viner Standing 2 competition. This time our assignment is to create a game similar to Calvinball. "Age of Drollhouse" is what people are calling it. I LOVE Calvinball. Jaxball is based on the childhood game of jacks.
National rutabaga month was September and I did not celebrate. I did not even know until today that there was a national rutabaga month. I also did not know that Forest Grove, Oregon has been the rutabaga capital of the world since 1951.
Every year, tons of people run for president. However, there are really only a handful of people who actually have any name recognition whatsoever and can at least poll over 0.1%.
On Tuesday, September 23, 2008, MSNBC.com's Herb Weisbaum wrote about the "Canadian granny scam."
The United States of America is pretty friendly towards homeschoolers. Many early presidents were homeschooled. Every homeschooling case brought up has been defended by the courts, federally and locally, and Congress (Wisconsin v. Yoder, California's In re Rachel L., etc).
Whenever I'm in a car (especially by myself), I gotta listen to music. And in my opinion, the best genre for drivers is country. There's just nothing like listening country music when driving. Here's a collection of my top 10 driving songs with a country twang.
Milk Chocolate and Melamine In early 2007, melamine in pet food killed many cats and dogs. In the recent few weeks Chinese baby formula contaminated with melamine has caused illness in many thousands of children, some of them dying.
According to the latest news from TheAtlantic and C-SPAN (currently, site is down), House Resolution 3997 was overwhelmingly rejected by the House that Pelosi apparently didn't build. 95 Democrats broke with Pelosi and sided with the House GOP's strong stance on the bailout.
A person in my life that I would meet is my mother's father. He died of alcoholism and tertiary syphilis before I was born. I have a lot of questions and comments. To protect the innocent and even the not so innocent, I will call him "Tog" in this article.