Month: December 2008

Who knew that states that allow the easiest access to guns would have the highest rate of handgun deaths? Or murdered police officers? Or the most guns used in crimes in other states? I’m sure the NRA has a good...

Whoops. That’s gotta suck. Question No. 58 in the transition team vetting document for the Obama White House asks that applicants “please provide the URL address of any websites that feature you in either a personal...

even if skippy’s blog was eligible to win an oscar for best snark, we very most probably would not show up to accept it in february. not because we wouldn’t be happy and proud to receive it. but because, more likely...

Leaving the ranch, and not for Paraguay: DALLAS (AP) — President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home among business leaders and prominent Republican donors in an affluent North Dallas neighborhood,...

We know the automakers are broke (except Ford). The question is, how broke are they? Are they so broke that they’d still be broke after we gave them $175 billion? How fucked are we?