After the Senate's 24 hour debate on voter suppression legislation, its important to put a face on the people this unnecessary legislation will affect. The Fort Worth Star Telegram talked with Bessie Jenkins Foster, a 98-year-old African-American woman, who is recovering from gallbladder surgery and...

We are now a second Sunday into Lent, a time by which great masses of faithful Catholic and other Christian observers should be seriously depressing the revenues of all the supermarkets and mall outlets, while the money they've saved piles up in the coffers of various charitable institutions. This a...

Bad news in the household to report. My spouse was laid off today from a big company, whose name shall remain private - reasons given, blank stares, Charlie Brown's teacher translation..blah blah blah.."We are sorry.." blah blah blah...It does not matter in the end, the result is the same. One works...

Bad news in the household to report. My spouse was laid off today from a big company, whose name shall remain private - reasons given, blank stares, Charlie Brown's teacher translation..blah blah blah.."We are sorry.." blah blah blah...It does not matter in the end, the result is the same. One works...

By Debbie Schlussel Hate to say it in this instance, but . . . . I told you so. When I wrote a column about how Bristol Palin remains a single mother--a baby mama --and had no legitimate reason to prolong getting married, several worshippers at the alter of St. Sarahmessiah told me I was wrong, that...

Remember the wind-powered rotating skyscrapers of Dubai? Well, the building boom in the Emirates is over, thanks to the financial crisis. Most of the huge and expensive construction projects have been cancelled or are on hold. Not only that, foreign laborers are being laid off at an astounding rate ...

The damning statistic did not escape the notice of the Alaska Aces, not when it read like an indictment of them before their 5-0 shutout of the undermanned Phoenix RoadRunners on Wednesday night. In hockey games this season against teams with current records of .500 or below, the Aces entered Wednes...

I had/am having dinner with a friend tonight. He showed me some photos that he had posted online. He had some great photos. I love seeing photos of the area because they catch a moment in time that we typically miss. Maybe we need a flickr TrinidadDC group. We also talked about one of my photos that...

by Yaacov Behrman Much to my surprise, Prof. David BergerÂ’s recent lecture at Yivo was entertaining, well structured and some of the quotes were even accurate. It amazed me because I had previously heard Prof. Berger speak on the Zev Brenner Show eight years ago, and back then he sounded disoriente...

Warning: The following post includes technical jargon. If you are averse to learning something new or revisiting concepts learned in grade school, hit the “x” at the top left of your screen immediately (or top right if you’re on a PC). “Perfection is achieved, not when there ...