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The budget debate is bringing out the best in some of our politicians.  On Thursday, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)  mocked members of the conservative grassroots movement as “tea-party hobbits.”  Not to be outdone, freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told reporters:  … Continue reading →

In an interview with National Geographic, former President George W. Bush explained that his non-reaction to news of the 9/11 attacks — and therefore his attention to “The Little Goat” — was a conscious decision to project an aura of … Continue reading →

The NYT reports:  “There’s a new doll entering the American toy market called the Breast Milk Baby. In addition to the doll, little girls (and boys) get a halter top that they can wear, with two flowers that symbolize breasts.  … Continue reading →

Don’t know if you can say the new census statistics are worse than lies and damn lies.  They are sobering to all who believe that opportunity and a ration of equality make our country great. Data analyzed by the Pew … Continue reading →

It would seem that the U.S. government’s inability to deal with the deficit and debt situation has already done us a lot of damage.  Credit depends on trust, and trust depends on maturity — which clearly hasn’t been shown during … Continue reading →

Fox commentator Juan Williams has revised his views about his former employer, NPR, in a way that’s sort of creepy.  In addition to saying that NPR is very “elitist” and a “white institution” — supposedly in comparison with Fox — … Continue reading →

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the people who have tormented us and confiscated our nailclippers since 9/11, have announced some good news: Airport scanners will no longer make an image of our naked bodies, and will instead “auto-detect items that … Continue reading →

Daily updates on the big showdown between Republicans (led by their Tea Party faction) and Democrats (who are, as often, disunited and reactive) would be a waste of time. Sorting through the theater on the one hand, and the serious … Continue reading →

The Washington Post has published a disturbing investigative piece about how private firms collect huge amounts of minutia about us — to calculate “credit scores” — and sell it to other companies.  (See full text of the article below.) This … Continue reading →

Quick update on the sordid case of Casey Anthony, whose research into how to make chloroform couldn’t be linked with her two-year-old’s murder …   she was released from prison in the dark hours (literally and figuratively) of this morning. On … Continue reading →