MediaStorm produces 'A Climate for Life' for the International League of Conservation Photographers, written 2 days ago, The International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) and MediaStorm have collaborated to produce A Climate for Life: Meeting the Global Challenge This multimedia sto...

Al-Qaeda No.2 on Obama, written 3 days ago, Predictably, Al-Qaeda, through no. 2 man Ayman al Zawahri, had something to say about the new U.S. president, Barack Obama. Nothing really earth-shaking there. The racial slur was explicit, though. (Obama was referred to as a "house slave" or a ...

Hands up if you feel your human rights threatened…, written 2 days ago,    Tagged: BNP, humour   

Responses to "Obama: Fear and the Security Force", written 3 days ago, My recent piece, "Obama: Fear and the Security Force," evoked more responses than perhaps any other article I've ever written.  Many of them were very worthwhile contributions, and I've chosen three that I'm ...

Palin supported, written 2 days ago, Katie Couric refuses to help David Letterman mock her.

How Obama must cope with Bush foreign policy blunders, written 6 days ago, I have often wondered about the sanity of the Bush Administration's foreign-policy makers. What prompted them, for example, to negotiate with Poland and the Czech Republic to install anti-ballistic missile sites in those two ...

A Bailout for the Hummer Owners?, written 3 weeks ago, Inside the Washington beltway, the American vocabulary these days is rather thin. Just one word — bailout. Close on the heels of the proposed bailouts for the auto industry, the financial industry, the real estate industry, the insurance ind...

Acupuncture punctured, written 2 days ago, I was reading an article on the Skeptic magazine site about acupuncture (the second story on the page). It makes the bold statement “Almost everything you’ve heard about acupuncture is wrong.” Being a reasonable person I look for evidence on anything...

Blogging Your Way Out of the Hackopalypse?, written 3 days ago, In a meeting earlier, I made a throw-away remark about the publishing news being so bad between now and next spring that all our journalists will be scared stiff. I was joking. But judging by the news coming in (hat tip to Heidi from Co...

Vitamins E and C Fail to Protect Against Heart Disease, written 1 week ago, Study highlights: - A major long-term study of more than 14,000 physicians showed no cardiovascular protection from two antioxidant vitamins taken by much of the American population. - Taken individually, vitamins E and C fa...

A little Hispanic antidote for the market blues, written 2 weeks ago, As marketers continue the uphill struggle to ignite consumer spending during this recessionary economy, not everything should be gloomy. Recessions have historically instigated certain business corrections that fuel innovation and...

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Gigantic LED display board goes live at Walgreens in Times Square, written 2 days ago, Remember that LED display board that was scheduled to be lit up at Walgreens in Times Square? You know, that 17,000-square foot one touting 12 million LEDs? Sure you do. The board, which was designed by D3 LED, wa...

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News from Ocado, written 2 weeks ago, ‘IN’ IS THE NEW ‘OUT’ Brits Replicate Restaurant Dinners At Home (November 04, 2008) Figures released today reveal Britons are beating the ‘Crunch’ by switching from eating out to whipping up gourmet meals in the kitchen. Online grocer Ocado analys...

Interview with Bruce DuBose, Director of Eurydice, written 2 days ago, by Shawn Parikh Bruce DuBose talks about his arrival to the Dallas theatre scene and what attracted him to Undermain Theatre. Since he has been part of it for a while, I ask what attributes to its success and what niche it fi...

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Bit By Bit, The Dem Energy Agenda Crystallizes, written 2 days ago, Democrats aren't squandering any time getting the ball rolling on new energy legislation. Yesterday, Rahm Emanuel told a gathering of business leaders that an economic stimulus package heavy on "green infrastructure" would...

Sheeeeeeeeeeit, written 2 days ago, Sheeeeeeeeeeit Watch the Video ? Posted as a response to: Fecal Transplant