This is a generation that has become accustomed to being distracted, influenced, and sometimes killed en masse by random occurrence without a coherent purpose.

Seriously, they’re not even trying anymore. The reporter you hear in this piece is James Rosen. This is part of his bio from Fox News… Rosen has also distinguished himself by scoring a number of exclusives, including sit-down interviews with four justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. He interviewed the late Chief Justice William H. [...]

In 4 separate bombings… BAGHDAD (AP) – Suspected Sunni insurgents penetrated the Baghdad security net Wednesday, hitting Shiite targets with four bomb attacks that killed 183 peopleâ€â€?the bloodiest day since the U.S. troop surge began nine weeks ago. Late Wednesday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered the arrest of the Iraqi army colonel who was in [...]

After he killed the first two people, he took some photographs, shot a video and sent it in the mail to NBC. This is most likely THE explanation as to why there was a lull in the violence at VA Tech that day. From MSNBC: Sometime after he killed two people in a Virginia university [...]

Found this Wikipedia entry on reddit… On January 16, 2002, Peter Odighizuwa, 43, of Nigeria, a student at Appalachian School of Law, arrived on the campus. While it was widely reported at the time that Odighizuwa had flunked out of school, he had evidenty voluntarily withdrawn because of his poor academic performance. Odighizuwa first discussed [...]

Rudy is the new straight talker. No doubt about it. From the NY Post: Giuliani made his sharpest case for moving beyond social issues this weekend in Iowa, telling The Des Moines Register, “Our party is going to grow, and we are going to win in 2008 if we are a party characterized by what [...]

This is really quite astonishing, but the cops aren’t making any apologies. From Pro Liberate: Last week, 13-year-old Brooklyn middle school student Chelsea Fraser was arrested and dragged away in handcuffs for the purported crime of writing “OKâ€Â? on her desk. She was seized by four police officers, made to remove her belt, cuffed behind [...]

Not that he really had a chance anyway, but this seals the deal… WASHINGTON – Former Wisconsin governor and Republican presidential hopeful Tommy Thompson told Jewish activists Monday that making money is “part of the Jewish tradition,” and something that he applauded. Speaking to an audience at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in [...]

Tragic news coming out of Virginia Tech. From the AP: BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people and wounding another 21 before he was killed, police said. On the Web site, Tech reported the shootings at opposite sides of the 2,600-acre [...]

Well done. From the BBC: Tens of thousands of people have protested in the Pakistani city of Karachi against a radical mosque and its religious schools in Islamabad. The chief cleric of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque), Abdul Aziz, had announced a Taleban-style Islamic court would be set up to curb “vulgar” activities. He also [...]

Hey, it’s better than lying and say you do have an alternative plan, but respectfully then Mr. McCain…you have no business holding the office of Commander in Chief. You can run all you want, but you shouldn’t win. From the NY Times: WASHINGTON, April 13 â€â€? Senator John McCain said that the buildup of American [...]

From the LA Times: WASHINGTON � Karl Rove and other White House employees were cautioned in employee manuals, memos and briefings to carefully save any e-mails that might discuss official matters even if those messages came from private e-mail accounts, the White House disclosed Friday. [..] The documents included a memorandum from then-White House General [...]

If he has such a problem with Imus, why is he using the verb “jewing” to describe something as being dishonest and shady? That’s highly offensive as well, no? He has a radio show too, yes? Fair is fair. If Imus went, then Sharpton should go too. Watch the clip and tell me what you [...]

The Bush administration just put out a study that tracked the behavioral differences between kids who were in abstinence-only programs and kids who were in a control group. Wait, kids haven’t changed their minds about having sex? And it only cost us $87 million dollars a year to fund abstinence programs to find that out? [...]

So, the “thought police” meme is in full swing, but Don Imus most certainly should have been fired. By my argument isn’t about the words that he said, which were vile and dumb, but more about the economics that brought it about. Let’s be frank. If the advertisers hadn’t pulled out en masse, I believe [...]

At first the Don Imus imbroglio amused me. Then it irritated me. Now I’m mad. CBS and MSNBC have both fired Imus for his bigoted comments. Sure, they have the right to fire whomever they choose. But that doesn’t make their decision anything more than a sad commentary on the failings of modern society and [...]

You know that brewing scandal over White House use of RNC e-mail addresses? Well, it just got a lot, lot bigger: Countless e-mails to and from many key White House staffers have been deleted — lost to history and placed out of reach of congressional subpoenas — due to a brazen violation of internal White [...]

Two years ago, our oldest cat died. A year ago, so did our second. Both were elderly; their deaths were sad but not unexpected. They’re buried together in the woods in our back yard. Four weeks ago, we decided it was time to have cats around again. So we visited several local shelters and finally [...]

I’ve never been a Don Imus devotee. In fact, I can’t recall the last time I listened to any portion of his show. I’ve never met the man and I know next to nothing about his character or his motivations other than what I’ve garnered during this rancor over his racially charged remarks. So what [...]

My favorite story was, ‘Who Am I This Time?’ How about you? Story here.