Month: June 2007

Sen. Barbara Boxer is holding a hearing on the air quality at the World Trade Center during the clean up. Update [2007-6-20 10:30:1 by BooMan]: Correction: the hearing is being chaired by Hillary Clinton. What’s on your...

Picture in your minds eye a scenic vista in one of our national parks.  Mountains, trees and perhaps a river, all pristine as far as the eye can see.  Signs of human intervention are sparse, if they are seen at...

 From the moment we wake in the morning to the time our eyes close each night, we are subjected to an onslaught of, of, well, uh, bullshit.   First, there is a groggy visit to the American Standard display room, the...

    The prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, said: “I call on my friend Abu Mazen,” referring to Mr. Abbas, who was in Ramallah, to take the opportunity, now that almost the entire world understands...

One day after easily passing a legislative committee on a strictly partisan vote, a marriage equality bill introduced by Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer passed the New York State Assembly on Tuesday by a bipartisan vote of 85...