Today's "funny old world" entry:
France is set to ban the words "mother" and "father" from all official documents under controversial plans to legalise gay marriage.
Today's "funny old world" entry:
France is set to ban the words "mother" and "father" from all official documents under controversial plans to legalise gay marriage.
A daring, brilliant idea that should have happened here instead of Honduras:
Small government and free-market capitalism are about to get put to the test in Honduras, where the government has agreed to let an investment group build an experimental city with no taxes on income, capital gains or sales.
Can't I leave you people alone at all? I'm gone just a week and return to find the 1st Amendment about to be chucked. First, there's this clown:
I'm taking next week off to rest up for the parade of election candidates who will be streaming through here for their endorsement interviews for three weeks. Stay divided out there!
I think CBS News President David Rhodes was just denying the obvious when he told a conference he was attending that CBS isn't biased, that CBS is indeed a "beacon of unbiased news." He says he consideres it a great day when CBS "takes incoming from both sides" about they handled a story, which is the kind of nonsense we've always spouted in the media to show how "fair" we are. Hey, everybody hates us, so we must be balanced. Or maybe we're just worthy of being hated.
Hey, we can play bipartisan "Gotcha!" in accusing politicians of improperly using their office. First up is everybody's favorite anti-smoking legislator, State Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, who accuses Gov. Mitch Daniels of "overstepping his role" by sending out a statement about his upcoming role as Purde president from the governor's office and using the governor's staff:
Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Ind. is hoping to keep seniors on campus by allowing pets in dorms.
Officials at the four-year Catholic women's college say this fall, one of the residence halls is for seniors only, and, if they choose, their pets.
Wow. How many ways can Obama be like Carter?
Gov. Romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later,” President Obama said in a CBS interview last night, criticizing Romney’s reaction to the embassy attack in Cairo. Romney criticized the Obama administration’s ‘apology’ in response to the attacks on the embassy and subsequent failure to condemn the attacks right away.
Is he out of his mind?
If Washington really wants to help businesses, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that politicians need to stop obsessing so much over tax rates.
I haven't gone all "wah-wah fuddy-duddy why can't the world stand still?" on you in a couple of weeks, so if I may:
If your lunch still consists of a bowl of Campbell's tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich, chances are you grew up using a typewriter.
Last week's Democratic National Convention, in a nutshell:
For such a "progressive" editorial page, The Journal Gazette sure is heavily invested in defending the status quo. Regarding the Chicago teachers' strike, an editorial this morning expressed concern over how unfair it is to demand they be held accountable for student performance. And what's even worse is that Indiana teachers already have to put up with that nonsense!
Here's an interesting experiment in cross-training:
In one Indiana town, cops are being trained to fight fires and firefighters will be arresting and cuffing bad guys.
Tonight, the first class of cross-trained responders in Whitestown will raise their right hands, according to WISHTV.com.
This is a strange case:
An Indiana woman whose 16-year-old son committed suicide in July is accused of driving him to take his own life because he lived in constant fear her drug addiction would lead her to a fatal overdose, court documents state.
My vote for meanest town in America goes to:
This is what I call useful groundbreaking research:
Funny, this not only does not make me feel satisfied, it takes me right to Rolling Stones territory:
Indianapolis wears a sly smile on its face this morning.
Do you notice Indy residents seem a little happier and maybe a little more flirtatious?
WASHINGTON (AP) - It could be the only day before Nov. 6 without explicit partisan rancor.
Both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney plan to take down their negative ads in honor of the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Neither planned to appear at overtly political events, although Election Day is never far from their agendas.
Charlie White, say hello to Wendy Rosen:
Wendy Rosen, the Democratic challenger to Republican Rep. Andy Harris in the 1st Congressional District, withdrew from the race Monday amid allegations that she voted in elections in both Maryland and Florida in 2006 and 2008.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is suggesting that a retired Navy SEAL be punished for writing a book giving an insider's account of the U.S. raid that killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
