ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

I can't find anything interesting to say today. Is this the beginning of the end? Or the end of the beginning? Wiser bloggers may k...

Via the Hamster : NBC Nightly News aired a package by George Lewis describing this week's L.A. police beating, and aired video from...

Here is what Michael Savage has to say about women : From the June 22 broadcast of the nationally syndicated Savage Nation: SAVAGE: Bu...

At first you fear you will die. Then you fear you won't.

Why do we say: "Go fuck yourself!", when we are angry at someone? (Interpret the 'we' here as a general, most of us, kin...

An article with the same name in a recent issue of the Village Voice discusses the new generation of female-to-male transgendered individu...

A very interesting interview with the son of the late president. Here's a short excerpt from it for the benefits of those who were do...

That a smug self-centeredness is the most important requirement in a media political commentator? It does seem to survive most testing I...

From the most recent issue of the Utne magazine: When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. Penny Bright, anti-GMO activist...

Judge Martin J. Jenkins of Federal District Court in San Francisco has decided that a class action sex discrimination suit against Wal-Mar...

Today I woke up and had breakfast. It was cheese on toast if you're interested. I had my usual morning thoughts, about the meaning o...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning about a possible polio epidemic in Africa. Polio is a water-born disease that hits childre...

I can't sleep. If your name wasn't what it is, what would you like to be called and why? Tonight I'd like to be called Dan...

A 32-foot Contender, the gentleman's fishing vessel, $150,000. Yuzu-dusted day boat sea scallops at the restaurant Pearl, $36. Two t...

Which doesn't make any difference to me, unless I have to travel to perform some weird snake rites in isolated areas. But it's ni...

for posting my short story so near to Fathers' Day. This was not intentional, and I was thinking of deleting the story, but it seems ...

This is a short story. It might not be good to read for anyone who has suffered from childhood abuse. Come to think of it, it might not ...

This is my pondering piece for the weekend. I can do it without any research, so it's pure pleasure to write. This week's topic ...

From Bill O'Reilly , the conservative talk show host: ... Bill O'Reilly told listeners that he has "no respect for" th...

He's going to be the new conservative pundit on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). The PBS was regarded as the heart and core of l...