The Weekly Standard has a piece on the growth of Christianity in China. The developments are encouraging not only for Christianity, but also for democracy. (Journalist David) Aikman cites numbers: In 1949, when the People's Republic of China was established, not quite 4 million of 450 million Chinese were Christians. Today, the population is 1.3 […]
I was just flipping channels, and saw on TNN that they are apparently showing the movie "Showgirls." So I'm wondering if it's a 1/2-hour show, after they've edited it for television.
It turns out that the "uranium" seized by Turkish authorities consisted of "zinc, iron, zirconium and manganese." If you'll recall, in "Back to the Future," Doc Emmit Brown got the plutonium needed to fuel his time machine by agreeing to construct a nuclear bomb for some terrorists. Instead, he gave the terrorists a "bomb" made […]
The LordMage reports on his "Adventures with Airport Security." It's funny -- because it happened to him. If it happened to me, I suspect I'd be exasperated or ticked off too. He also has some career options for Secretary of Transportation Norm Mineta.
Sen. Fritz Hollings ($-Disney) and his proposed law, the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act, would require devices that can record or playback digital media to carry government-mandated copy-protection technology to thwart piracy. Princeton University's Edward Felton is compiling "Fritz's Hit List" -- a series of devices that would be affected by the new […]