The rocky road to staffing still-vacant government positions suffered a bit of a setback Thursday, as the creamy filling—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, henceforth known as “The Gupta”—of Obama’s team withdrew his name from consideration for the post of surgeon general. Many feel The...

By Jill Stanek It occurred to me the White House might be forced to nominate radically pro-abort Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as Department of Health and Human Services secretary after news leaked last week it was pausing due to her loathsome reputation among pro-lifers. Fear of pro-abortion recrim...

Fourth time’s the charm? The president’s two official picks to serve as commerce secretary both had to drop out. Another candidate withdrew her name before it was ever announced. Now Obama is reported to have offered the job to former Washington governor Gary Locke. So who is he? He̵...

Winner of the week: Adam Putnam. Sometimes conventional wisdom can be a powerful force, and in this case the conventional thinking pegs the Republican congressman from Bartow as a virtual shoe-in for commissioner of agriculture. When he formally announced his candidacy last week leaders of the Flori...

CABINET OF CURIOSITIES is now up at Damn Data: Cabinet of Curiosities # 14 - Away with the fairies!...

Apparently nobody wants to be President Obama’s commerce secretary. The second candidate for the post, Sen. Judd Gregg, has dropped out. The Republican senator cited “irresolvable conflicts,” including the stimulus package and the census. That’s what you get for trying to mak...

Senator Judd Gregg has decided he just can’t work with President Obama. He just can’t do it. The ideological differences, analysts are saying, might have been too great for Gregg and the stimulus bill played a big part in him withdrawing his name. But I don’t know if I buy that, t...

Will America never get its precious Commerce Secretary? Obama's latest Commerce nominee, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, has just withdrawn from consideration. Maybe they shouldn't have picked a guy who opposes Obama on everything? Obama's first Commerce nominee was Bill "Beard" Richardson, who withdrew...

I play my Xbox on a 46-inch high def plasma, from a comfy couch with an excellent wireless controller and surround sound headset. Yet I still lust the nostalgia of arcade cabinets. By Solomods, the......

When you kids are ready to get serious about your gaming, let us know. We just spoke with our man Justin at Solomods, and he has a custom-built Xbox 360 arcade machine that he's willing to part with for a mere $2,250. This original Midway arcade cabinet was once home to The Simpsons game, and aside ...