On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a young man from a wealthy Nigerian family, tried to detonate a bomb on a flight from Amsterdam...
Some years ago, I flew down to Guatemala to visit a good friend who had stayed on there after two years in the Peace...
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...
I found this article by David Isenberg over at HP and thought it was something we all should be aware of. Mr. Isenberg...
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,...
(I have always wanted to write about this, but have never had a place to do so. I hope you will indulge me here,...
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,...
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...
I had never heard of David Sedaris or his alter ego, Crumpet the elf, until last year; and I listen to NPR all the...
From Talking Points Memo:
Tea Partiers' Next Target: American Business?
The end-all-regulation, my-health-insurance-company-is-just-fine-thanks crowd in the Tea Party movement have found an unlikely target for their...