The attorneys general of eight states -- California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin -- have filed a lawsuit against five of the nation's largest electricity producers. The attorneys general claim their intent is to ...
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It is difficult to imagine that someone who maneuvered to the top of the KGB would fail to recognize his own self-interest. That's why it's hard to credit recent reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has changed his mind and ...
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R&B star Usher (no full name for Usher Raymond IV, please, he's a celebrity) used to be a really cute kid. He danced a little, acted a little and projected an overall charming persona. His songs were inoffensive. Most of ...
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The Notes & Musings blog has a post about stem cell research that provides an excellent quick summary of one side of the debate in less than 250 words. If you don't understand where Bush is coming from on this ...
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A note from Ed Haislmaier: In his e-mail post "Fahrenheit 9/11 and Its Impact on Military Morale, by a Soldier," Joe Roche asks rhetorically: I wonder how damaging and shocking a Moore project would have been in the 1940s making ...
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Ronald Prescott Reagan has this to say in the current Esquire magazine about the sentiment within the crowds that honored former President Reagan during recent memorial events: "Misty-eyed with nostalgia, people set aside old political gripes for a few days ...
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The last few days I have been doing a lot more blog reading than blog writing, particularly those blogs (69 by informal count) who have reprinted or commented upon Joe Roche's e-mail blog post about the impact of Michael Moore's ...
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The National Center for Public Policy Research has posted online an e-mail received from a soldier, Spc. Joe Roche of the 1st Armored Division, who says Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 is "making the rounds" among soldiers at U.S. military ...
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Army Spc. Joe Roche has perhaps the harshest words yet for Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, describing its impact on the morale of our troops deployed overseas as "devastating." In typical Joe fashion, he did something about the matter. He made ...
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Some bloggers like to list their favorite blogs. That can be interesting, certainly, but the list I'd like to see is a list of all-time favorite posts (written by others). It would be quite enjoyable to read the posts on ...
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