Dover, PA has escaped the fate of Kansas. Religious red necks will not for the time being, be allowed to turn back the clocks in Dover to the dark ages. See breaking news below. HARRISBURG, Pa. — "Intelligent design" cannot be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district, a federal judge said…

President Bush could not avoid questions about Iraq during his recent trip to Asia. Here he is trying to walk out from a press conference where he didn’t care for the questions. But the door was locked. He tried the right side, then the left and then both doors. They wouldn’t open. Sheepishly, he walked…

The loudest supporters of war are often those who need to sacrifice the least and gain the most. Forget Halliburton and the military industrial complex. Individual chicken hawks in the media have found ways to cash in on the war effort by flogging their own dubious patriotic products and schemes. The following was reported on…

With the biggest Hindu festival of Diwali approaching, Indians predictably are thronging the market place to shop for food, new clothes and firecrackers. Today, Saturday evening in India, was a busy shopping day before the impending holidays. Three (four by some reports) simultaneous explosions occured in major shopping areas in New Delhi , killing at…

With Ventriloquist In Chief,  Karl Rove preoccupied with his own problems, did anyone really expect that President Bush would have the stomach for a humiliating fight (mostly with his own supporters) over Harriet Miers? The news media are rife with speculations about why, when and who next? But that all constitutes a lot of pointless…

This post is to test if I can copy and paste cartoons here. This one is from Newsweek’s (October 24, 2005) Perspectives section.