I know the initial description of this movie may turn you off right off the bat. That will be your loss, because the movie is a haunting thr...

A life lived in terror? Mission Accomplished! The wild and reckless overreaction in Boston yesterday to stray advertising signs for a cartoo...

Each year, we mark this holiday created by writer and artist Don Martin. I've always wanted to get my full gorilla gear on, get an offic...

A recent announcement that the group The Police would be performing together at the upcoming Grammy awards brought up some fine memories. I...

Last week in the small town of Dunlap, fear and foolishness set up residence after a high school principal says he found a piece of paper in...

I hate to just say "that is incredibly stupid" even if it is true. But dang, people, this takes the cake, the plate the cake is on...

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...