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Today is International Respect for Chickens Day, sponsored by United Poultry Concerns. I think I'll have a chicken sandwich for dinner.

Sometimes you've just gotta love Fark for their headlines. For example, when word comes that the rock band Cream will be reuniting for a concert, the headline reads: Cream reunites in concert. For those of you under 40: Cream was Eric Clapton's old band. Under 30: Clapton was once a big rock star. And for […]

Today's Wall Street Journal has a brief but informative editorial [subscription required] for those on the left who continue to insist that there was some directive from the "highest levels of government" for the "torture" at Abu Ghraib prison. Private First Class Lynndie England -- infamously pictured with an Abu Ghraib detainee on a leash […]

Scrappleface nails it.

On this story: "Cruise thanks scientology for IQ."

I never saw the front page in question, but The Hartford Courant apparently let their photo selection and page design take precedence over accuracy. Any number of items in the newspaper can provoke accusations of bias, unrestrained liberalism and sensationalism. Word choices, story choices, columnists, quotes, headlines, even advertisements can mean a day of terse […]

Just caught a glimpse of People for the American Way's Ralph Neas on Fox News. Talk about the world's worst hair plugs. *shudder*

The New York Times' Paul Krugman has decided to take a break from his demogoguing America's health care system to outline his plan for fixing Social Security. Just kidding. The numbers in the graphic above have changed again -- except for the goose egg for solutions. Nope, instead Krugman does what he has done ever […]

Let me start by saying that I've read all five books of the Hitchhiker's trilogy (Yes, I know that's not proper English), and both of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently books. I went into the theater knowing that no film could do the books justice, but hopeful that the movie would be entertaining nonetheless. After having […]

David Brooks' column in today's New York Times reveals a secret aspect of the Democrats' filibuster-preserving deal that the GOP rejected last week -- in return for accepting defeat on several of the filibustered circuit court judges, Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid would guarantee enough Democrat votes to break any filibuster of President Bush's next […]