Current Affairs

Aww, man! Just when I had all my plans made:

Just in time for tomorrow's eighth-anniversary observance of 9/11, Charlie Sheen shows us the proper boundaries of discussion by going beyond them:

In an exclusive contact with the PrisonPlanet.com website, Sheen reveals 1) that he voted for Barack Obama in November and 2) that he [Sheen] has become convinced that the 9/11 attacks were an inside government job perpetrated by people inside government for inside and no doubt nefarious reasons.

Thomas Friedman clearly knows what this country needs to do. But foolish Republicans just don't understand the way the world has changed:

This proposal, put forth by a veteran high school English teacher, is a bad idea in so many ways:

With states across the country facing huge budget deficits and potential devastating cuts to services, the time has come to start charging parents tuition for their children's public school education.

Well, this is a crock:

Sudan's conviction of a woman for indecency for wearing trousers violates international law and is emblematic of wider gender discrimination in the Islamic country, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.

These kids today don't know how lucky they have it. They're about to have a "when I was your age" moment to share with their grandchildren:

President Barack Obama will tell the nation's schoolchildren today he expects "great things from each of you."

This week's sign that End Times are near:

A Warwickshire woman has changed her name to include 'Michael Jackson' in honour of the late pop legend.

Marina Jane Michael Jackson, of Warwick, said she had been a life-long fan of the star and his death prompted her to take his name by deed poll.

She says all her friends think "it's a little crazy." Nah, Mikey, I'll bet nothing you do really surprises them.

I'd be offended by this, except for the fact that he's right:

Never in the history of this country has there been a generation that's cast a longer shadow without really having done anything to earn it than the children of the 60s -- specifically the so-called Woodstock Generation. For the most part, they're thoroughly undeserving of the immortality they've pretentiously bequeathed to themselves.

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Finally, a believable sign that this crappy economy may be turning around:

Here's the theory, briefly: Sales of men's underwear typically are stable because they rank as a necessity. But during times of severe financial strain, men will try to stretch the time between buying new pairs, causing underwear sales to dip.

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