McCain and Obama Plan Ground Zero Appearance

"TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – In a moment of bipartisan unity, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will come together at Ground Zero in New York City on Thursday to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The two campaigns issued a rare joint...

Palmer Trinity and Traffic

" Commenting on the story about Palmer Trinity Private School's plans (full story here) to expand Cape Cutler Homeowners Association's President Ron Blackburn wrote " Their plans to increase enrollment to 1400 students from the current 600 shows an excessive greed to be...

Benazir, the steely and vulnerable

"She was hailed as one of the Muslim world's first democratically elected female leaders, and, at 35, one of the youngest ever prime ministers. I will remember many faces of the Benazir Bhutto I saw over 20 years of following her turbulent political career: a charismatic...

Fauzi promises to soon overcome traffic jams in Jakarta

""The building of the new corridors has so far not been efficient to reduce the traffic jams. Our good intention to build TransJakarta should not be disrupted by such a problem," he said. To that effect, Fauzi promised to make a personal inspection of a number of locations of...

Facial Recognition: 85% Proven!

From a citizens'-rights standpoint, I don't think that 85% is so hot... that means a nearly one in five chance of getting mistakenly tagged as a terrorist, every time you encounter the camera. "Facial recognition cameras have been proven as a means of spotting wanted people...

Chill Out in The Ice Hotel at Balea Lac

"Starting last year, every winter, a special hotel is built at Balea Lac, in Romania. What’s so special about it? It is built entirely from ice: walls, corridors, pillars, decorations, everything is made of ice, including the beds."