“Good morning. We want to apply for a marriage license.” “Names?” “Tim and Jim Jones.” “Jones? Are you related? I see a resemblance.” “Yes, we’re brothers.” “Brothers? You can’t get married.” “Why not? Aren’t you giving marriage licenses to same gender couples?” “Yes, thousands. But we haven’t had any siblings. That’s incest!” “Incest?” No, we [...]

President Bush signed a bill on Tuesday that makes a national “Do Not Call” list law. The List is intended to help consumers block unwanted calls from telemarketers. As expected the telemarketing industry is claiming the law will put them out of business. All I can say is so what? The fact is that if [...]

While the political drama plays out on the world stage the US House of Representatives apparently isn’t above a little performance art of it’s own. In a move that is certain to have the French quaking in their boots the cafeteria menus in the House office buildings will change the name of French Fries and [...]

In the New York Times Thomas Friedman wish’s the world could remove the French as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and replace them with India: Sometimes I wish that the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council could be chosen like the starting five for the N.B.A. All-Star team – with [...]

If you’ve noticed ever since September 11 whenever any tragedy occurs, here or around the world along side the story, the fact that no terrorism was involved is always stated. In today’s shuttle crash, “Officials: No evidence of terrorism”. On another note, space travel will continue, and should continue. I mainly see a redo of [...]

The article I am discussing is bit old, but I never got around to writing about it. So why not do it now and attempt to clear head Iraq is claming that the US is looking for an excuse to go to war. Of course it is. Why? Is it because the Bush administration is [...]

Republicans win the Senate and hold the house. I think this will have a positive effect. Not necessarily because I side with Republicans more, but because at least something will get passed. Whether good or bad, something will get done, rather than countless delays that occur when different parties are in control of the House [...]

Moscow Gas Debacle Leaves Putin Unscathed What Paul Quinn-Judge, the TIME’s Moscow bureau chief makes perfect sense. You can’t compare the Chechens rebels to the Al-Queda. It certainly is terrorism however; the Chechens have a specific motive, while the Al-Queda do not. The Chechens even though the demands were outrageous were specific, not just something [...]