Gideon Rachman of the “Financial Times,” no less, thinks the time, the conditions, the need, and the possibilities are all right for a world government: A “world government” would involve much more than co-operation between nations. It would be an entity with state-like characteristics, backed
So the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, gets ARRESTED by the FBI for trying to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat for the biggest BRIBE. That flabbergasts me. Most corrupt politicians are far more subtle than that. It will be interesting to see what else comes
Well, the Brewers’ rent-a-super-pitcher C. C. Sabathia was snapped up by the New York Yankees with a $161 million, seven-year contract. One of my students at Concordia in Mequon wrote an essay complaining about how baseball players make millions of dollars, while teachers make so
Paul McCain posted that old chestnut I wrote for World about St. Nicholas, so I might as well do the same. Here is Slappy Holiday: Why not take the Santa Claus tradition a little further?: Known for his generosity and his love of children, Nicholas
The Tribune Company, which owns the Chicago Tribune, the L.A. Times, and other properties, has filed for bankruptcy protection. Meanwhile, the New York Times has mortgaged its building to raise much-needed cash. Before we gloat about the end of print journalism, with its liberal bias,
As part of their bailout plan for the U.S. auto industry, Congress was going to set up a board of its members and other federal officials to tell the companies what they can and cannot do. That was bad enough. Now Congress is planning to
We blogged earlier about Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas becoming a Christian. Now he tells his story in a book, which Anthony Sacramone reviews. From A Strange Review: ‘Crossbearer’ by Joe Eszterhas « Strange Herring You know Joe Eszterhas. Well you know his films — or
I can already see that she looks like her mother! These new “4D” ultrasounds may turn the tide in the abortion debates.
The Washington Post has a story about how Barack Obama is filling his administration with Ivy League grads and academics. From Academic Elites Fill Obama’s Roster: Yale law professor Dan Kahan said several of his colleagues are for the first time considering leaving their perches
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