It appears that Service Pack 2, which is designed to help improve security, can also (surprise!) cause various programs not to work. A list of the affected programs can be found here. Some of the programs listed I can understand having problems with the increased security demands of the latest Windows fix -- but Scrabble […]
We already know The New York Times is a liberal newspaper -- the paper's public editor, Daniel Okrent, admitted it just a few short weeks ago. But Okrent also said that he would have to wait until this year's election is over before passing judgment on the paper's political coverage. Well, look no further: Note […]
It appears that a surprisingly large number of Kerry donors haven't been disclosing all that is required by federal election law. There may be nothing to it, but it is worth looking into.
Bowing to demands by grungy, hirsute, perpetual college students, President Bush today announced that he was bringing U.S. troops home. (Those signs did say "U.S. troops out of Germany," right?) This move has been a long time coming. With the demise of the Soviet Union, there is no real foreign threat to Germany. It is […]
Too often the term is an oxymoron. Too many news anchors are in reality just news readers. Of course, if they can read the news, they can read anything -- even if it's written for them by the governor's staff. Bad precedent -- and the fact that their bosses don't seem to be troubled by […]
We here at Hoystory would like to congratulate the Puerto Rican Olympic mens basketball team for beating a bunch of arrogant, egotistical multimillionaires from the United States.
I'm generally cool to the Olympics as they have been presented by NBC for the past couple decades. It's a sporting event -- cover it like one. Setting that complaint aside, I'm watching synchronized diving. Why? There's no underwater basketweaving on. I'm of the opinion that synchronized anything isn't a sport. Heck, I thought curling […]
I was kidding when I wrote that I would file a lawsuit with the FTC over The New York Times "All the News that's Fit to Print" slogan. Somebody else took my joke seriously. (Via Poor and Stupid.)
So, Vice President Dick Cheney slams Sen. John Kerry for saying that he would fight a "more sensitive" war on terror. Says Cheney: "America has been in too many wars for any of our wishes, but not a one of them was won by being sensitive ... A sensitive war will not destroy the evil […]
You just gotta love Paul Krugman. So book smart, but reality stupid. [A] new Bush campaign ad pushes the theme of an "ownership society," and concludes with President Bush declaring, "I understand if you own something, you have a vital stake in the future of America." Call me naïve, but I thought all Americans have […]