There is much controversy right now, surrounding Sen. John Edwards’ extramarital affair. Many people, public figures and those from the general population, are calling for an end to Edwards’ political career. Why? That’s what I don’t understand. Yes, he had an affair. So have millions of others, men and women alike. Having an affair is [...]

So how old exactly are the Chinese gymnasts? Much controversy is surrounding this very question, and not just among Americans. The Olympics Committee has stated that an athlete’s passport is enough proof of age for them, and has so far declined to dig deeper. However, many Americans are questioning the ages of some Chinese gymnasts. [...]

After days of horrific violence, there appears to be a tenuous cease-fire in Georgia. President Bush has repeatedly demanded that Russia should respect the “territorial integrity” of Georgia, and has called for the cease-fire to be honored in the former Soviet republic. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said no prospect for “the use of military [...]

A Federal Emergency Management Agency official Thursday defended the agency’s handling of millions of dollars worth of supplies meant for survivors of the 2005 hurricanes, but pledged to check with states before any future giveaways. FEMA had given away more than $18 million in household goods… amassed to help resettle people who lost homes in [...]

Sen. Ted Stevens pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal corruption charges that allege he falsified Senate documents to cover up roughly $250,000 gifts from a powerful Alaska oil contractor. Stevens is the Senate’s longest-serving Republican, and was indicted this week on seven counts of lying on Senate disclosure forms about a major renovation to [...]

No, that isn’t a typo. In 2009, the Federal Deficit will be around $482 billion dollars. Can you honestly even picture that kind of money? It’s hard to even fathom such a staggering amount. When you look at the expenditures of the United States, your mind will boggle even more. If we are to believe [...]

Want to talk about out of control government spending? “Even though Donald R. Matthews put his sprawling new residence in the heart of rice country, he is no farmer. He is a 67-year-old asphalt contractor who wanted to build a dream house for his wife of 40 years. Yet under a federal agriculture program approved by Congress, [...]

I want to get some more people involved in the politics blog, so I’m introducing a new series called “Why I Support …” in it I’ll post others opinions on why they support their particular candidate. Since I only have my opinion, I’m opening this up to anyone who wants to post their reasons for supporting [...]

I wrote a strongly worded comment on the NIE report that Iran had no nuclear weapons, wouldn’t have them until at least 2015, and had stopped their nuclear weapons program 4 years ago under international pressure. Some people disagreed with my comments. In the interest of fairness, I felt I should devote an article to these [...]

In a press release, Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union, warned of a bill currently under consideration which would permanently legalize the wiretapping legislation - granting the President the ability to monitor international communications - which was enacted by Congress this past August. “The Administration bill basically writes [...]

The National Intelligence Estimate — a gathering of the 15 leading intelligence organizations — revised its opinion that Iran had or was attempting to create nuclear weapons and now states that if Iran were to start its nuclear weapons program — which was stopped in 2003 because of international pressure — it wouldn’t have a [...]

In what appears to be an amazing resurgence in his campaign, Ron Paul has apparently taken in more than $10.5 million in campaign donations. His website, ronpaul2008.com, displays a live, unaudited display of the people who have donated money to his campaign and the total unaudited amount raised. This figure is larger than Republican presidential [...]

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, a leading publisher of award-winning news and information Web sites, today announced the launch of the Global Power Barometer (GPB), a tool that measures which nations, ideologies or movements are most powerful based on how successfully they influence global opinion and events. Located on PostGlobal, washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com’s panel blog on international issues, the Global Power [...]

If you’re reading this article, chances are you enjoy using technology (or at least a computer, obviously). But there are some people out there who don’t like where the world is heading. While scanning the headlines in my RSS reader today, two jumped out at me. The first headline is: Experts believe violence could accompany [...]

Sometimes technology makes a profound change in how something is done and once in a while a story comes along that doesn’t get much (if any) attention. This story about GPS controlled air drop tests conducted by the US Army and US Air Force is one of them. It may not seem like a [...]

If you’re not familiar with youtube.com, you’re missing a real treat. Thousands of videos are uploaded by people and shared for your viewing pleasure. Some aren’t so great, and some are plain stupid, but there are some real gems. I’ve gotten to see some music videos that I haven’t seen in years. But now the [...]

There comes a point in any discussion where it suffers from photon death, for lack of a better term. The discussion, of course, continues long after this point, but it is going to remain limited to something that generates nothing but heat. We have cliches for this, of course. ?Generates more heat than light.? ?Beating a [...]

Laurie J. Flynn of The New York Times writes: A California appeals court ruled Friday that online reporters are protected by the same confidentiality laws that protect traditional journalists, striking a blow to efforts by Apple Computer to identify people who leaked confidential company data. The three-judge panel in San Jose overturned a trial court’s ruling last [...]

Looking through Google News this morning a couple of articles about Google jumped out at me. When you’re the top dog, everyone wants to take a bite - and it seems there are some hungry people out there. The first one was about a Belgian company filing a lawsuit over search terms offered by Google [...]

An update on my previous post about network neutrality. Yesterday, May 2nd, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced the Network Neutrality Act of 2006. To read the full text of his proposal click here (PDF File). To learn more about net neutrality and what you can do, visit savetheinternet.com and let your Representative in Congress know [...]