It's nice, David Frum, that you drew out your slingshot, and fired some rocks at The Cheeseburger That Sweats , especially knowing that the Flying Monkeys and Dittoheads will, likely, be sending you some nasty, vile vibes back at you. Or that anyone in the PartyofNoicans would get behind you with it...

“Taking out the goat” is a known Israeli expression. It usually means creating a false demand during negotiations, so it could be dropped later in a public display of compromise. Obviously, the whole idea of taking out the goat revolves around ego-maintenance and manipulation of public o...

Not so sweet, not so surprising Scientists at Yale have found the “missing link” between high fructose corn syrup and type II diabetes.  Also, the average American gulps down 60 lbs of the stuff every year. Private inspections a weak defense The NY Times tell the story of a private insp...

On February 20, 2009 the Interfaith community in Nashville, Tennessee came together to pray and urge Congress to pass just and humane immigration reform. The vigil was organized by our partners at the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition. Nearly 500 people of diverse faiths and backgroun...

Cosponsorship, the act of registering one’s name as an official supporter of a bill, is a common activity in the United States Senate. Although the 111th Congress is less than two months old, 1753 cosponsorships for 495 Senate Bills and 11 Senate Joint Resolutions have been officially register...

Last year about this time, Joel and Ethan Coen were basking in the glow of winning multiple Academy Awards for No Country for Old Men . This year, they're hard at work finishing their black comedy follow-up, A Serious Man , which is due out this fall. While they're in that black comedy mood, the Coe...

Israel seems to specialize in internal domestic drama and instability.  Today is no exception.  Wherever you look within the government there is disarray, dysfunction and general malaise.  The N. Y. Times reports that Bibi Netanyahu has failed to lure Ehud Bark and Labor into a broad based new ru...

JERUSALEM, Feb. 22 -- Israel's hard-line prime minister-designate, Binyamin Netanyahu, promised Sunday to work with the United States to promote peace in the region as he sought to forge a moderate government with his chief rival -- but did not reach a deal....

This week on Politics without God, the blog of the Coalition for Secular Government: Monday, February 16, 2009: Muslim Man Beheads His Wife in Buffalo by Diana Hsieh Wednesday, February 18, 2009: Jesus On the Dole by Ari Thursday, February 19, 2009: Light Posting Schedule by Diana Hsieh This week on...

I love fashion and I am an avid online shopper. In some respects, this simple admission signifies the intersection of fashion and technology. Goods are no longer just available in brick and mortar stores and what’s more, online is the home to many of the most wonderful designer sale sites, such as...