OU vs.Florida will settle several arguments raging this season. FOXSports' Pete Flutak breaks down the game. All right, fine. If you're going to go on resumes and what actually happened on the field this season, bowl games included, this game should probably be Utah vs. Texas. Utah is the nat...

Wednesday, January 7, 2008.  Chaos and violence continue, al-Sadr reportedly issues a call for violence, a US commander calls out the refusal of al-Maliki to fund reconstruction in Anbar, Iraq War veteran and war resister Kimberly Rivera is informed she's to be deported from Canada, and mo...

Faithful reader E.G., whom I ran into on the street pretty much in front of the house, asks if in fact I have read anything since October. Well, yes. So, to get back on the horse, here we go: books read last year: 210minutes of exercise: 21,260 (took the last week-and-a-half of the year mostly off, ...

The controversy over Barack Obama's vacant Senate place took a twist yesterday when the man controversially appointed to replace him tried and failed to take his seat amid chaotic scenes on Capitol Hill. Roland Burris, appointed last week by the scandal-hit Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich, manage...

Monday morning brought one of those typical cold, icy/rainy winter days to North Texas when people either cower fearfully in their homes, or barge right onto the I-35 and drive like people illegals headed for the border. Overnight my flag had stiffened in the storm to the approximate consistency of ...

Saw this car while I was out doing errands..... A buddy of mine had one similar to it....good times for sure. I just finished watching Religulous.....all I'm gonna say it that it's a very interesting documentary. This is just great....looks like they are gonna bomb each other back to the Stone Age. ...

Why Another Israeli - Palestinian War.  The Gaza War in which Israel has now engaged ground forces inside Gaza began after Hamas ended on Dec. 19 a six-month ceasefire (during which it fired fewer rockets than before the truce, but did not, as the term implies cease firing entirely) by firing ...

A wiseman sketches his vision for the coming year. This essay was originally posted on December 28th, 2008. Forecast for 2009 James Howard Kunstler There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one...

The Washington Post’s TV Week (your weekly TV listings) promoted the liberal CBS 60 Minutes team on its cover on Sunday with a team photo and the headline "Like Clockwork: Time-Honored 60 Minutes Enjoys Ratings Boost." Freelancer Marc D. Allan finds Indiana University professor Julia ...

Rang in th new year with a wicked cold. Thanks, random kid that horked in my face Tuesday night in clinic. At work, my sinuses are filled with concrete and I have officially overdosed on ginger peach tea. So, yeah, a bunch of rambling thoughts to ring in the new year. Best book I read in 2008: Water...