Greg Ransom examines the memoir "Dreams From My Father" and the newly unearthed article "Problems Facing Our Socialism," written in 1965 by Barack Obama Sr. If there is a mystery at the heart of Barack Obama&#…
Biofuels have been a "terrible mistake," says Paul Krugman . [E]ven on optimistic estimates, producing a gallon of ethanol from corn uses most of the energy the gallon contains. But it turns out that even seemingly “goo…
Says Damien Hirst , who seems to be laughing the hardest, as he sells a diamond-encrusted skull for $100 million. The dazzle of the diamonds might outshine any meaning Hirst attaches to it, and that could be a problem. Its value …
Dick Cheney faces down Wolf Blitzer: BLITZER: Here's what Jim Webb, Senator from Virginia, said in his Democratic response last night. He said: "The President took us into the war recklessly. We are now, as a nation, hel…
That's the hilarious teaser on the home page of the Washington Post, leading to this article . The effort to "humanize" Clinton, as her advisers have put it, was in full swing just two days into her presidential cam…
You read the transcript yesterday. You saw the clip. Now, you've seen the whole interview. Impressions? Knowing he was going to get mad, I watched him carefully before he got mad. He had a very relaxed and jovial manner as h…
Oddest book title of the year. Odder than "Rhino Horn Stockpile Management: Minimum Standards and Best Practices from East and Southern Africa." That rhino horn title describes something real people are actually doing.…
The 8 meat packing workers who pooled their money for a lottery ticket won $365 million . At least three of the winners Wednesday are immigrants. Quang Dao, 56, who like Dung Tran, 34, came to the U.S. from Vietnam about 16 year…
The NYT has a front-page article on the debate over limbo. "Limbo has never been a definitive truth of the faith," Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Benedict XVI earlier this year, said in an interview in 1984, dur…
Read the amazing story of the doctors--here in Wisconsin--saving the teenage girl who developed rabies after being bitten by a bat. It is the first time a human being has survived rabies without receiving the vaccination. Someti…
Tonya's back from Italy, and about to turn right back around and go to South Africa. She's got some cool pictures from Italy (I especially like the dizzying staircase with the convex mirror and the pink umbrella). Strang…