Author: catnip

I like collections. I like lists of collections. I like collections of lists. Okay. I just confused myself – which is a very easy thing to do, believe me. Anyway, I see that a lot of Tribbers, Boo-sters, BTers or whatever...

A second cow, this one born in the US, has been found to have mad cow disease (BSE) in the US: June 24 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. confirmed its second case of mad-cow disease after a U.K. lab found traces of the illness in an...

From today’s NYT: “Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for...

The Senate Armed Services Committee is currently meeting to discuss the Iraq war. You can watch the questioning of Rumsfeld, General Myers, General Abizaid and General Casey on C-SPAN 3 and join the live discussion here. Thanks...

I have a confession to make. I haven’t actually been to a formal confessional since I was a child and routinely lied to the Catholic priest when I had nothing sinful to confess by making stuff up I thought he’d like...