Dang, this cost-of-gas crisis really is getting serious:
When cowboys hit the road 50 years ago in search of the next big payday at rodeos, they did so in pickups and small horse trailers for small purses.
Today, winning cowboys can afford a few luxuries, with first-place prize money reaching more than $10,000. Diesel trucks that cost $25,000 and $30,000 horse trailers are fixtures in rodeo parking lots.
But bigger is not necessarily better.
Here's the big one everybody has been waiting for:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Washington D.C.'s sweeping ban on handguns is unconstitutional.
The justices voted 5-4 against the ban with Justice Antonin Scalia writing the opinion for the majority.
Newspaper reporters are supposed to be objective, which means they usually aren't allowed to write about things they are personally involved in. If your spouse is on the school board, you can't be on the education beat. If you're married to the police chief, you don't do crime reporting.
Oh, dude, it's just so cool. You light up and take a deep toke, and the next thing you know, you are just, man, oh, man, flying:
I don't expect I'll watch it, but The "Baby Borrowers," on NBC tonight, is a reality show that might actually contribute something to society:
The show is based on a controversial British series in which teen couples considering parenthood are given a taste of what it might be like. In many cases, the participants succumb to soul-crushing stress. Rifts in the relationships develop. Frayed nerves, tears and arguments are plentiful.
It'll be good for the little darlings:
Anybody believe him? Anybody care?
NEW YORK - Months after returning to the radio with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his comments about a women's basketball team, Don Imus is once again defending on-air remarks regarding race.
What's the world coming to? The chief justice of the United States Supreme Court quotes a pop icon (pdf file) in his dissent on a court ruling:
The absence of any right to the substantive recovery means that respondents cannot benefit from the judgment they seek and thus lack Article III standing. "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose." Bob Dylan. Like a Rolling Stone, on Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia Records 1965).
I didn't think anybody could beat out Al Gore for global-warming hysteria, but this guy takes the prize:
Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the world's only hope is drastic action.
A lot of people -- including the guy who directed the survey -- are expressing surprise that America is such a tolerant nation when it comes to religion:
Overwhelming majorities of Americans say they believe in God (or a "universal spirit"). But substantial majorities from all major religious categories also say they believe their religion is not the only path to eternal life, and that there's not just one correct version of their faith.
