Boy, am I glad I got through school before this crap started:
Some traditional childhood games are disappearing from school playgrounds because educators say they're dangerous.Elementary schools in Cheyenne, Wyo., and Spokane, Wash., banned tag at recess this year. Others, including a suburban Charleston, S.C., school, dumped contact sports such as soccer and touch football.
Baba Wawa has been one of the people most responsbible for blurring the line between news and entertainment fluff on TV. But, hey, if you loved her smarmy interviews, you can pay to listen to them all over again:
Sirius will air a weekly two-hour series, starting next year, that replays many of the interviews Walters has conducted since joining ABC in 1976. About four interviews will be featured in each program, with new introductions by Walters to place them into the context of the time.
Uh-oh, millions of kids probably will be upset to hear this:
LONDON, England (AP) -- Author J.K. Rowling said two characters will die in the last installment of her boy wizard series, and she hinted Harry Potter might not survive either.
"I have never been tempted to kill him off before the final because I've always planned seven books, and I want to finish on seven books," Rowling said Monday on TV in London.
Here's news Republicans will love to broadcast and Democrats will love to rally against. Mitch Daniels has cracked the Top 10 list of conservative governors as chosen by Human Events, the "national cosnervative weekly." Here's what the political editor said about Daniels:
The death-penalty appeal in this country has been so perfected that many people who are on death row have about as much chance of dying of old age as they do of the state actually carrying out the sentence. Now, in a case in which the resolution has been delayed for two and a half decades, the defense is using the delays ("some of which" he blames on the state) as reason for another appeal:
As it happens, I agree with this editorial that a flag-burning amendment is a waste of time and effort -- it's not as if there's a national epidemic. But I don't agree with the newspaper's reasoning that such a measure would somehow dilute the First Amendment:
The writers of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights never envisioned freedom of speech applying only to pleasant words. There is no need to amend the First Amendment.
If you ever doubted that telemarketers were out of control:
The federal government has decided to put its own secret Homeland Security hotline to the nation's 50 governors on the federal Do Not Call Registry, according to Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner.
Holy cow! Looks like the debate over illegal aliens is going to turn around. Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, who has favored the "path to citizenship" for illegal aliens, now says he is firmly opposed to amnesty!
Oh, wait. He meant he is against amnesty for Iraqis:
It's nice that the president has put the White House on record as being opposed to the use of eminent domain strictly for economic development purposes. But critics are right that this is mostly window dressing and that much more is needed:
If a man deliberately sets out to get a woman drunk so she loses her inhibitions and has sex with him, I doubt too many would object to the state charging the man. Until it recently changed its law, Wisconsin apparently was the only state left that did not define alcohol as a potential legal intoxicant in rape cases:
Finally, a new psychological disorder is identifed that might actually exist:
In light of news that road rage is caused by a psychiatric illness -- Intermittent Explosive Disorder -- I would like to share my own findings. I am a clinical psychologist and have come up with a new syndrome -- obnoxious personality disorder.
I'm holding my breath. Is it possible she might come to Fort Wayne and that I, a humble resident of flyover country, might have my input sought for what a Great American Network would then beam back into my living room?
CBS said Thursday it is sending incoming evening-news anchor Katie Couric on a tour of several cities to meet informally with viewers this summer and hear what they're interested in seeing on the news.
If you thought nothing could be more annoying than Internet pop-up ads:
TAMPA - That hallmark of Internet life - the pop-up ad - may be coming to a TV screen near you.
Cable and satellite TV companies serving the Tampa Bay area have begun experimenting with onscreen features and advertising that are more interactive and, they argue, helpful for TV viewers and clients.
Make no mistake. This isn't about "protecting the consumer" and making sure all services are delivered. It's a move to hold down competition, plain and simple:
A new state law will require Indiana real estate agents to provide a list of services that may seem like the basics to those who've bought and sold a home:
Answering questions, handling offers and counter-offers, and assisting with the transaction paperwork.
I must confess: The first time I ever got my hands on a firecracker as a kid, I thought: tin can! Now that fireworks are legal in Indiana, I'd watch out this Fourth of July, is all I'm saying. I have to say, though, that this never occurred to me:
So, just quit trying to hold on to that self-control and live a little:
Have that extra cookie. Sleep with him on the first date. Call in sick, even if it's for a sample sale.
You won't regret any of it, says a new study; rather it's salads, celibacy and soldiering through the flu that will bring you down.
In case you didn't get the alert, today is "Take Your Dog to Work Day." Apparently, one in five U.S. companies allow pets at work, because:
If I ever write an editorial like this one, saying that a problem is so complex that we don't have a clue, but somebody should just do something, take me out and shoot me:
Something must be done to make health care accessible to more Hoosiers.
First of all, the headline on this item -- "Minimum wage increase in Indiana voted down" -- is a tad sloppy. A minimum wage increase for the whole country was voted down -- Indiana is perfectly free to raise its own minimum wage if our legislators are that stupid. Second, we learn here one of the ways Sen. Richard Lugar is not a conservative:
Indiana Senators Richard Lugar and Evan Bayh supported the amendment to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour.
This isn't exactly two mobs fighting for control of Chicago in the '20s, but, hey:
Two companies that partnered to run an Indiana casino are now in a legal fight, but the lawsuit likely will not affect Blue Sky Casino's scheduled opening in November, Indiana's top casino regulator said Monday.
