Because somehow all of the judges ended up being Republicans. What’s up with that?! Read more.
Why did this week’s healthcare dance get a big fat zero?
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Archives for February 2010
Argentina vs. Britain over the Falklands … still?!
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 5:04 AM
The Falklands are little more than a bleak and desolate cluster of rocks dotting the South Atlantic Ocean some 8,000 miles from Britain. Therefore, when British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched the Royal Navy there in 1982 to oust Argentine forces, I thought she was acting pursuant to some quixotic, neocolonial notion of extraterritorial sovereignty.… Read more.
A win for Toyota?! Ooops…
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 5:08 AM
First, for a little context and perspective, please be advised that product recalls affect hundreds of millions of people in the United States every year. And many have been prompted by defects in cars that “caused the deaths of innocent Americans.” Remember the rollover and tire problems that plagued Ford Explorers in 2000? Industry experts… Read more.
So much for the Scott Brown effect
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 5:45 AM
Brown’s victory will change the Democratic majority in the US Senate from 60-40 to 59-41. But listening to political pundits you’d think that he alone now holds the power not only to defeat Obama’s policy agenda (most notably healthcare reform), but also to render him a failed one-term president. In fact, nothing could be further… Read more.
2010 Winter Olympics Update II
Monday, February 22, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Men’s 1000 and 1500 (long track) Shani Davis defended his 2006 title by winning the 1000 in very impressive fashion. Unfortunately, despite being the world record holder in the 1500, he was unable to win Olympic gold in this event. Shani won silver. It’s a shame Shani Davis is not more of a household name in America. … Read more.
Why Michelle Obama sees obesity as a national health and economic problem
Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 7:52 PM
Tiger speaks … and says exactly what I told him to!
Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 8:18 AM
So, where were you when Tiger spoke? I suspect the entire world stopped at 11 this morning to listen. Now comes all of the psycho-babble about what he said or did not say. But I think he said, again, all he needed to say: that he’s really, really sorry … for everything; that he accepts full… Read more.
Tiger will finally speak, but what will he say?
Friday, February 19, 2010 at 12:09 AM
Notwithstanding all other BREAKING NEWS – about the latest from the Olympics, President Obama’s controversial meeting with the Dalai Lama, or the white American terrorist who flew his plane into a federal building in Texas – the press “statement” Tiger Woods will deliver today at 11 A.M. will dominate all media coverage. And fair enough; for he (even… Read more.
So much for the enviable reputation of Mossad, Israel’s spy agency
Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 5:14 AM
Alas, ubiquitous CCTV cameras are making a mockery of the cloak and dagger work of government spies that was once left to the creative medium of John le Carré novels and James Bond movies. Perhaps you recall how CCTV caught Russian spies in tea shops all over London in November 2006 executing the ham-handed assassination… Read more.
UPDATE: 2010 Winter Olympic Games
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 5:48 AM
Unfortunately, the story of these Games to date is all about how bad weather (either too much rain or too much snow) and technical difficulties (malfunctioning zambonis – ice resurfacing machines) have conspired to force postponements of almost all of the signature events. And it’s a tossup whether these postponements are causing more frustration for the… Read more.