Month: November 2005

No, not that one, you dirty gutter-minded liberals, bless all y’all’s hearts. FEMINISM. I say that particular F Word around folks I don’t yet know very well and I get a wide range of emotional reactions,...

Just what is the equivalence of a pat on the head complete with lollipop?  Is it the left-handed compliment – `well, pretty good, considering you don’t focus solely on politics’.  `What a nice little...

These are happy times for executives of big oil. While the average household budget reels under the weight of the price of oil at the pump and rising prices elsewhere because of the rising cost of energy, the oil companies and...

Lest I be accused of being the Environmental Eeyore of BMT, here are some items of good environmental news for a change.   And the first bit comes, surprisingly, from the US House of Representatives via the NY Times and...

[From the diaries by susanhu. This is big. (News search results.) David Gunn is widely considered the best possible administrator of Amtrak. The Bush Administration’s Amtrak board appointees are clearly trying to destroy...