More than two weeks since I wrote a movie post? Let me fix that right now: It's nearly impossible to find a unique movie at your local m...

"So, sadly, I don't think the execution of Troy Davis will have much effect on the national "conversation" about the mor...

It's grisly nightmare scenario - being held in prison for a crime you did not commit. If that cell is on Death Row, the nightmare is lik...

This is one of those days when I'm realizing the more I know the less I understand. Rather unpleasant feeling really. Much of this weird...

I forgot to mention earlier today that I was most fortunate last week and was able to spend a lot of time with one of my favorite people .....

Only a Democrat would face re-election doubts after successfully tracking down and killing Osama bin Laden. President Obama, it seems, was ...

I took a few days off last week from posting - always risky in the never-ending stream of instant online life. One can easily lose the battl...

A short documentary tells a little known story of the rescue of 500,000 people in the aftermath of the attacks in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 20...

It is an ancient political tactic - the claim a candidate will "bring the Nation back" to something it was but is no more. I'...

Cats continue to exert control over Science and the Internet.

This week I received an invitation from Michael Silence of the Knoxville News Sentinel for some thoughts about the terrorist attacks on Sep...

I can't make much headway puzzling out what Texan presidential wanna-be Rick Perry might have meant when talking about science and Galil...

GOP hopeful Mitt Romney keeps getting into trouble because of one thing - he's using words. Words, which are made into sentences, which ...

A recent essay by recently retired Republican staffer Mike Lofgren, after 30 years serving House and Senate Budget Committees, is stirring u...

While it is only slated to play in a handful of cities in the U.S. and Canada over the next month, the epic adventure "Detective Dee an...

"If Americans wanted a responsible Congress, ready and willing to act in the nation’s interest, and able to work constructively in res...

Waves of seismic activity from the Aug. 23rd quake in Virginia swept across the country, as shown in the video below ( via ) As the b...

It is one of those memorable headlines - "Streaker Arrested With Raccoon In Car" - that just begs for more information. Fortunat...

FOX News and some Republicans want to eliminate the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, claiming private companies like ...

The impact Steve Jobs and Apple have had on technology, communications, business and more takes massive work to catalog. The Moveable Fest ...