The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 3/16/07

"-Teen earns 'Mad Scientist with Doomsday Device' merit badge-A Michigan boy scout is a step ahead of Iran. "In other words, he built the business end of a hydrogen bomb in his basement." Using materials he bought...

Plame: I Worked as a 'Covert Officer'

"One meme going around on the right is that Valerie Plame Wilson wasn't a covert agent, that she was a paper shuffler, that revealing her identity wasn't a big deal. Putting aside for the moment that people in the...

White House Didn't Investigate Plame Leak

"An interesting turn in the Valerie Plame case. Congressional testimony shows there was no White House investigation of the leak."Editor & Publisher:Dr. James Knodell, director of the Office of Security at the...

The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 3/15/07

"-Overachiever?-I guess the War on Terror is pretty much over. We've caught the guy who did everything. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has confessed to planning 9/11, the shoe-bomber, and beheading journalist Daniel...

There Goes That Whole 'Christian Nation' Thing

"A new book, Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--And Doesn't, shows that americans, while identifying as overwhelmingly christian, aren't really all that into that whole 'reading the Bible'...

Death Before Dishonor; An Officer Takes His Own Life, Rather Than Deal With C...

"It's a measure of how bad it's gotten. Iraq is a land of corruption, lawlessness, and human rights abuses. Armed gangs wander the streets, terrorizing the populace. The rule of law doesn't reach these gangs and...

The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 3/14/07

"-Quote of the year?-I know, it's still early. But this is definitely in the running. "America has been conducting an experiment for the past six years, trying to validate the proposition that it really doesn't...

Congressman is Openly Atheist; Religious Right Openly Hostile

"Peter Stark made a statement about his religious beliefs, making him just one of many congress critters who've done so. In fact, for too many, their religious beliefs are their only real qualification for office...

The Scandal of the Month Club

"The Bush administration has become the Scandal of the Month Club. Some are major scandals -- Walter Reed, Hurricane Katrina, and Scooter Libby comes to mind. Some are odd and quickly forgotten -- Health and Human...

The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 3/13/07

"-Yeah, but is there going to be a stamp?-The US Postal service has unveiled new mailbox wraps to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars. Either there's something wrong with my head or these...

GOP Voters Not Optimistic

"A new New York Times/CBS News poll shows that republican voters see their party as divided and many don't forsee a GOP president in '08."After years of political dominance, Republican voters now view their party...

The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 3/12/07

"-Qapla'!-A finnish member of parliament is seeking votes on his website in english, swedish, finnish, and klingon. "Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon," says Jyrki Kasvi. "Others say it...

Bush's Actions Contrary to His Photo Op Tour

"Yesterday, I wrote about how President Bush's big Central and South American 'Love Me' tour wasn't going so well, what with the riots in the streets and all. It turns out that Bush, as he always has, is making a...