For folks in western Pennsylvania, this is big news indeed. Few government corruption cases include charges of cadaver-trading, but the case against doctor/lawyer/county-coroner-for-life Cyril Wecht doesn't stop there. 84 counts in all. Addendum 1/22: If this article is any indication, ...
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I haven't heard lately from Mr. Mike Kremzar, but if you are out there, Mr. Kremzar, you can stop worrying about Ben Roethlisberger 's and Kimo von Oelhoffen's safety when they ride their motorcycles in Ohio ...
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Tim Graham picks apart "Countdown to Doomsday," a Matt Lauer special on the environment. This is an above-average read, because Tim contrasts the nonsense in this 2006 special with another too-typical burst of econutism, a special NBC three-part series on ...
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The San Francisco Chronicle says the public may have a skewed perception about support/lack of support for the death penalty in the black community, Some excerpts: The high-profile African American leaders who rallied in support of Stanley Tookie Williams gave ...
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Pat Cleary, writing on the National Association of Manufacturers blog, comments about an AP story about "advocacy groups" and parents suing "the Nickelodeon TV network and cereal maker Kellogg Co. in an effort to stop junk food marketing to kids." ...
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There is a wonderful essay about Ronald Reagan by Steve Hayward on National Review Online today. The final paragraphs covering some of the reporting about Reagan's First Inaugural Address were particularly satisfying for me ...
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Annelie O'Neal Roche, who sent dispatches to this blog while working in New Orleans with her National Guard unit during the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (see here, here, hereand here), has some thoughts about the Katrina "blame game" currently ...
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A clergyman affiliated with the black leadership network Project 21 is questioning the sincerity of New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin in light of comments Nagin made during a city observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. During the January ...
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has apologized for remarks he made yesterday in which he appeared A) to be channeling the Lord a la Pat Robertson, and B) doing so in the service of racial segregation. Not the best combination ...
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An e-mail from a very antagonistic stranger, who even went to the trouble of complaining in red: I just wondered what you STUPID ASSHOLES had to say about this new revelation. LMAONew source of global warming gas found: plants Wed ...
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