Month: January 2013

It’s early, yet, but it looks like the Algerian government screwed the pooch and went and got a bunch of Western oil/gas workers killed who were being held hostage by jihadists. And they didn’t even call Obama or...

Actual headline today from the Associated Press: Can Obama keep warmer inauguration weather pledge? This is journalism? (Rhetorical question – we stopped having effective news coverage decades ago). The Onion...

Peanut butter and jelly or tuna fish? Also, what kind of jelly, and oil or water?

. Insight: Aleppo misery eats at Syrian rebel support ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) Jan. 8, 2013 – At a crowded market stall in Syria, a middle-aged couple, well dressed, shuffle over to press a folded note, furtively, into the...

It’s interesting to read former Prime Minister John Howard’s retelling of how he outlawed assault weapons in Australia. They also have a federal system with strong states’ rights. So, all he could initially do...