False arguments with no basis in real events swirl around the federal proposal to increase the minimum wage for the first time in a decade. ...

There's some good, nay even great news ahead for today. First, some trash talk. Someone needs to call the forensics investigators to exp...

Developing a mathematical theory, with appropriate vectors and an axis and points and inputs and outputs, a psychologist in England determin...

A fascinating account of one woman who is battling on behalf of a small kid's soccer team in Clarkston, Georgia was in a recent NY Times...

With billions due in debt, civil wars waging. the economy sputtering, refugees fleeing from home and from the nation itself, amid even more ...

This issue is far and away more about choice, individual freedom and personal responsibility than anything else. So add my voice to millions...

As of today, this blog is going intergalactic. Yes, this blog and you and your comments are welcome to travel into space as well. You'll...

Like most of us, I start the year with great expectations. Hopeful, even. And some years, the results exceed the expectations. Since it'...

When Stephen King was asked about the 3 things on his "must-do list" I think he spoke for most of us when he said: ""I...

What prompted the turnaround in the Bush administration so that say they've decided to follow the law and end warrantless wiretaps? The ...

A bill in the state legislature would lower the voting age to 17 if the person were to turn 18 by the date of the general election itself. A...

The ever-intrepid Cinemonkey provided the following in yesterday's post about the television show "American Idol", which I wan...

An Open Letter ..... Dear American Idol: Please go away. You are a blight on music itself. I've endured talk about you for years now, an...

It makes no sense. It is not constitutional. Why does it continue? Sadly - the cause may all be about money. Other states have similar progr...

It may be called "public ariwaves" but the place most likely to be the source of "public views and opinons" is not on ra...

A Nashville native who went from fighter pilot to famous writer to bum to screenwriter gets introduced to you this week, and also in this wh...

The most urgent priority for success in Iraq is security, especially in Baghdad." - President Bush, speech on Jan. 10, 2006 More secur...

What happens when a regular old fellow from Memphis travels to Pigeon Forge for some entertainment? He steals the show, that's what. Rea...

It looks like Sean Hannity, talking head for Fox News, watched the puppet-populated movie "Team America: World Police" and thought...

Some views on the eve of the President's planned prime-time special - What's Next In Iraq? On one hand, the dubious ideas of The Ira...