Although I no longer comment over at that other place, I occasionally do a fly by (no pun intended) for a look-see. On my last visit to HP, I found the following experience of a passenger aboard Flight 253....
On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a young man from a wealthy Nigerian family, tried to detonate a bomb on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Here's how various media outlets are presenting the story as of Sunday night....
Some years ago, I flew down to Guatemala to visit a good friend who had stayed on there after two years in the Peace Corp.
We rented a car and set out on a tour of several departamentos, or...
Here is a letter I e-mailed today to the Food and Drug Administration. Tomorrow is the deadline to comment on the FDA's new powers to regulate tobacco products, created by a bill Barack Obama signed earlier this year. This...
I found this article by David Isenberg over at HP and thought it was something we all should be aware of. Mr. Isenberg has written extensively on private contractors in Iraq.
Yes, KBR, Congress is Talking About You
"Although...
This is the news of the morning:
Jet passengers overpower would-be bomber
A Nigerian man on an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight allegedly tried to blow up the airliner, which landed safely. The suspect is badly hurt. Authorities consider it a terrorism attempt.
Reporting from...
(I have always wanted to write about this, but have never had a place to do so. I hope you will indulge me here, at PlanetPOV. It feels safe here!)
Many non-Jews don’t understand why Jews don’t celebrate Christmas, and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCPh6lAd1ZU
Happy Holidays, fellow Planeteers!
Un(der)reported News presents 12 news items for the 12 days of Christmas.
How NORAD keeps track of Santa
In 2007, Google signed onto the project as a technology partner, and since then, has been incorporating...
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - AT THE PLANET
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the post
Not a blogger was stirring, not even the host.
The comments were hung by the topics with care,
In hopes that sane arguments soon...
I had never heard of David Sedaris or his alter ego, Crumpet the elf, until last year; and I listen to NPR all the time. Okay, so I'm an NPR geek; what can I say?
On December 25, 2008, I...
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