An interactive map published by the NY Times allows you to find the immigrants, all the way back to 1880, just before my own ancestors came over from various parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The data is broken down into ten-year intervals and various countries and regions. Now that the presiden...

With all the news about banks getting bailed out or bought out, due to the crisis in the lending industry, this bit of news comes as a pleasant surprise. Two football players, one active and one retired, have each been helping to create a new bank. Vincent “Bo” Jackson, who played profes...

Longtime NFL quarterback Brett Favre has told the New York Jets that he is retiring. This past season was his only one with the Jets, after spending most of his career with the Green Bay Packers. Favre had previously announced his retirement after his last season with the Packers, but changed his mi...

The day has come for President George W. Bush to hand over the reins of power to his successor. Discussions and debates about his presidency will gradually become the concern of historians. But one thing is already abundantly clear. George W. Bush would have to be the most maligned and unfairly vili...

As America braces itself for what looks to be the most extravagent, expensive and over-the-top inauguration in our entire history, here’s a look back at what might be the most unusual and humble inauguration of any American president, when Vice President Calvin Coolidge was sworn in, to succee...

While the British paper The Sun jumps to the conclusion that there’s life on Mars, NASA is expected to confirm today that methane, which may be produced biologically, has been detected in the Martian atmosphere. Methane is also known to come from volcanos, but Mars has none that are active. NA...

Barack Obama’s pick for CIA director is reported to be Leon Panetta, former Congressman and White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton. In other words, another Clinton crony. Not only that, but Panetta at one time worked for the Nixon administration. Shortly after, he agreed to serve under ...

Don’t get me wrong. Our Congress-critters will still be awash in money from campaign contributors. But there is one type of “cold hard cash” that will not be around when the 111th Congress is seated this coming January. Louisiana Democrat William “Cold Hard Cash” Jeffer...