Month: March 2005

KANO, Nigeria — Accusations by Islamic preachers that vaccines are part of an American anti-Islamic plot are threatening efforts to combat a measles epidemic that has killed hundreds of Nigerian children, health workers...

Here’s something about me: I don’t care very much about what you believe in, particularly: God, Jesus, and/or Allah; Elvis is alive; Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone; the moon is made of green cheese; all of the above...

Who knew? Tom Delay, of thuggish Texas politican fame, has had his own personal tragic story regarding a case similar to Terri Schiavo’s – his father’s.From The Houston Chronicle: Delay’s Own Brush With...

I’ve wanted to speculate about that for so long. But, it’s like suggesting the Emperor has no clothes. And look where our myth-building has gotten us: At Sunday’s World Cup qualifying in Mexico City, ‘The...

[promoted to the frontpage by BooMan]There have been several diaries about Kyrgyzstan in recent days, and I have read all of them with great interest as I lived in that region for quite a while, and was in Bishkek for at least a...