Month: June 2009

John McCain hates earmarks. If you don’t know that, you must have spent 2008 in a cave. I’ll admit that the procedure of giving out federal monies as prizes to congress members is a bit unseemly and has traditionally...

A friend raised this orphaned possum.   He’s now an adult and every evening he comes into the house through an open window for a snack and a cuddle.

Cross-posted at Project Vote’s Voting Matters Blog In a major victory for voting rights, low-income voters in the state of Missouri will finally have better access to voter registration opportunities, thanks to a lawsuit...

If celebrities die in threes, then I guess the famous are out of the woods for a bit. Any interesting news out there that is now going to be ignored by days of wall-to-wall Michael Jackson coverage?

The LA Times reports: Pop star Michael Jackson was rushed to a hospital this afternoon by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics. Capt. Steve Ruda said paramedics responded to a call at Jackson’s home around 12:26 p.m. He...