Never forget. But it's been seven years, and we have:
Seven years ago, the roar of exploding planes and the spectacle of collapsing buildings riveted the nation's attention on a single topic, terrorism - and in the terrible aftermath, it seemed that focus would never waver.
I know I've read scarier paragraphs; I just can't remember when:
Been there, done that:
Living paycheck to paycheck? Join the growing club.
If deaf people could hear again, how many would choose to?
Deaf people could one day have their hearing restored through a ground-breaking gene therapy technique, scientists reported yesterday.
They showed that they can trigger the growth of new hair cells in the inner ear that are crucial to hearing as they pick up sound vibrations.
Dang. I remember about a dozen years ago writing that the $40 million renovation of South Side High School was an outrageous excess:
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A decade behind schedule, a $350 million downtown high school finally opened on Wednesday after years of environmental, seismic and legal troubles.
Oh, God, the tree is dead! Please, God, forgive us. Extreme environmentalism shown for what it is -- a form of group mental illness:
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(Via Hit & Run, which is properly skeptical but notes that that the main nut showcased is well-known as a main nut.)
Well, by God, how can Jude Law calling for Afghan peace NOT turn things around?
KABUL (Reuters) - Militants, foreign forces and the government in Afghanistan should give up their arms for one day as the first step towards peace, Hollywood superstar Jude Law said on Monday.
Do children really need this instruction -- have they been stuck in front of the TV and computer and gaming consoles that long?
Bureaucratic crazy councils are to issue school children with instructions of how to play in the playground.
Oh, no! Global warming is letting us down:
Santa can rest easy.
It's looking like the ice at the North Pole won't melt to water next month, as had been feared. It would have been the first time in thousands of years that the most northerly place on the planet would have been ice-free.
