This blog seems to be keeping close track of the amount Americans have donated privately to tsunami-related humanitarian aid programs. Check the box at the top left with the picture of President Bush flanked by flags for a total and ... READ MORE
Couldn't help but notice the article headlined on Lucianne.com just now saying the Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't believe in God. I know very little about this particular Archbishop of Canterbury (Rowan Williams), but when I read the January 2 Telegraph ... READ MORE
This post on Captain's Quarters, "Anti-Tobacco Efforts Get A Little Weird," is amusing, but don't risk the danger of reading it unless you are a trial lawyer or a state attorney general. The powers that be decided long ago that ... READ MORE
This Washington Post story by Jonathan Weisman, "Revamping Social Security," isn't written precisely the way I would have done it, but it is very much worth reading. Much of the piece is stuck in the "do we need to rescue ... READ MORE
This guy needs to calm down for the sake of his own health. How does the Electronic Privacy Information Center know Michael Crichton's on the take from Murdoch, anyway? Do they have Crichton and Murdoch under surveillance? ... READ MORE
LoveToKnow announces the top ten political blogs, in the opinion of their editors. Actually, since they select ten blogs from the right and ten from the left, it is the top twenty political blogs... but who's counting? ...Just thought I ... READ MORE
Patrick Ruffini has the stats from a new poll asking this question: Do you favor or oppose giving individuals the choice to invest a portion of their Social Security contributions in stocks or mutual funds? The poll results are interesting ... READ MORE
Yukos says the German government of Gerhard Schroeder is helping Vladimir Putin finance the Russian state's takeover of Yukos assets, the UK Independent reports. Meanwhile, a top aide to Putin attended the trial of ex-Yukos CEO and Founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky ... READ MORE
The Heritage Foundation's Brett Schaefer provides the detailsrebutting U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland of Norway, who criticized the U.S. as "stingy" when it comes to humanitarian aid. The U.S. is condemned for supposedly donating ... READ MORE
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