Samarra Shrine Attack

I have to echo Steve Gilliard’s reaction to the news that some insurgent group blew up one of the holiest Shi’ite shrines in Iraq. His reaction was “This is bad” and “Holy shit.” It is not the deepest, or most analytical piece I have ever seen, but it is a good summation,...

God Sent The IEDs!

You have to love it when blogging is this easy. First I have to reaquaint you good folks with a single Mr. Fred Phelps. Phelps is the leader of the non-affiliated Westboro Baptist Church based out of Kansas. Phelps was also catapulted into the public spotlight a few years ago when he led a group of...

Alternative Energy???

So should we call this outside of the kennel thinking? San Francisco, a leader in urban recycling, is preparing to enlist its canine population for a first in the United States: converting dog poop into energy.

Cash Conundrum

If the Jack Abramoff affair has accomplished anything to date, it has emphasized one of the most serious problems in government today; the infusion of private moneys in the political sphere. The way in which our government is supposed to work is that the Senate and The House of Representatives are intended...

Work In Progress

Update: Over at the forum community on the blog Drawn!, some of the folks are organizing a project to benefit The Alzheimer’s Association. The project will be an anthology of illustrations with “Memory” as the theme. I’ll be submitting this idea when I finish it, if it turns out...