Hey, all you Twilight readers and True Blood fans, NPR has discovered two books for you: The New Vampire’s Handbook: A Guide for the Recently Turned Creature of the Night, and The Werewolf’s Guide to Life: A Manual for the Newly Bitten And the music they chose to play out the segment? Werewolves of London, …
NASA: Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus cater near the moon?s south pole. Now if they’d perfect those space elevators . . . Fortunately there are no inhabitants of …
Dear A&M Records, I realize that when you put together a compilation called “The Best of Fairport Convention” there will be songs left out. But only ten tracks? Really? A band of that name has been performing for forty-two years. Surely you could have found more than these ten tracks to showcase their talents. Meet …
There are some Senators who really don’t like doing their jobs and would prefer to turn the hard work over to “independent commissions,” and they’re not above blackmail to further their aims. At least, so this story seems to show. What Sens. Conrad, Gregg, Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Joe Lieberman …
Endless War The warrior’s battles will never end for each firefight echoes in dreams that shake the night. Once again with sweated determination the warrior must do battle. Countless firefights relived until awakened by those whose deaths were only numbers on the six o’clock news. I find this strange, those that died in the tempest …
I can hear Presidents and their speechwriters muttering on occasions such as this memorial service, “Damn Lincoln anyhow. How am I supposed to meet that standard?”
McJoan tells you. The simplest part? It effectively bans coverage for most abortions from all public and private health plans in the Exchange: In addition to prohibiting direct government funding for abortion, it also prohibits public money from being spent on any plan that covers abortion even if paid for entirely with private premiums. [snip] …
The BBC has excellent coverage with stories and video of the celebrations. I’m old enough to remember when the Wall was built; it was the physical manifestation of the Cold War for my fellow Boomers. When it was opened I sat in front of my television staring in amazement. There’s a lot of mythology about …
Shorter Stupak Amendment: 62 upper-middle class white guys and 2 upper-middle class white women throw all womens’ rights under the bus to satisfy a bunch of old white religious guys who’ve taken celibacy oaths.
Well, it was a nail-biter and it has that god-awful Stupak Amendment in it (64 Democrats in favor? I’m gonna start calling you cafeteria Democrats!), but the House did it. Fifty-plus years of trying and the road to health care for all has gotten past one half of the national legislature. Congratulations to Speaker Pelosi, …