Still longing for fiscal sanity in Washington? This is what we're up against:
Senate majority leader Harry Reid says that "Everybody" is "willing to pay more" taxes. He said so in an interview with a Nevada Public Radio host.
Still longing for fiscal sanity in Washington? This is what we're up against:
Senate majority leader Harry Reid says that "Everybody" is "willing to pay more" taxes. He said so in an interview with a Nevada Public Radio host.
What is the meaning of life? The answer is worth $24,953, at least according to the National Endowment for the Humanities, a taxpayer-funded federal agency that is providing an educational grant to study the question.
"What is the good life and how do I live it?" Well, for $25,000 in tax dollars, NEH has tasked someone with finding out.
Yeah, OK, the NSA has been getting too snoopy against Americans, and tha's worrisome, but I can't seem to get too worked up over this:
Hey, she was just following Joe Biden's advice:
University students in America have been told not to wear "offensive" halloween costumes including cowboys, indians and anything involving a sombrero.
Take a look at the picture and decide for yourselves-- old hats on the left, new ones on the right. "Marines in girly hats." It's a perfect symbol for something -- just not sure what.
A change to the Marine Corps’ uniform hats could take the hard-nosed Leathernecks from the Halls of Montezuma to the shops of Christopher Street.
I know I frequently get into beating-a-dead-horse territory when writing about governments restraint and sensible spending, but, dammit, Jim, somebody has to. It's for sure the other side is absolutely relentless.
Now we have this, and we all knew it was coming, didn't we?
Sometimes The Onion goes so far in its humor that it makes some people uncomfortable. This is one of those times:
Considering how the homicide rate has been soaring this year, maybe casual cruelty to an animal isn't important in the grand scheme of things. But I think it's worth noting:
A Fort Wayne man charged with kicking a cat in the head was found guilty Tuesday in Allen Superior Court.
Finally, someone has the guts to tackle Posted in: Politics and other nightmares
What's that you say? Those of us who fuss about the loss of privacy in the digital age are just a bunch of technophobe, fuddy duddy luddites?
Not exactly losing with grace and dignity:
There was little chance of defeat, when Aledo’s undefeated Bearcats faced Fort Worth’s Western Hills on the football field Friday.
"Shocking"? Yeah, that's about right. Not, alas, surprising, though:
While the president of the United States pitched his crumbling healthcare program like a late-night infomercial barker, the Army's chief of staff made a shocking admission about national defense.
I honestly didn't think I'd see this in my lifetime:
While chairman of the board at Ivy Tech Community College, V. Bruce Walkup bombarded college officials and powerful friends with emails filled with political diatribes and sexist jokes, some that included nude pictures of women.
This is similar to what I've been saying in recent years:
Where does political correctness go to die? Why, Fort Wayne, of course:
The national debate over whether the NFL's Washington Redskins should change their nickname isn't resonating at Fort Wayne North Side High School, which has the same nickname.
When it comes to endorsements, what's a newspaper to do when its editors don't like any of the candidates? Why, punt, of course:
The words that follow should not come as a surprise. During recent months, numerous editorials in The Times-Dispatch have lamented the gubernatorial campaign.
A digital billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a Hitler-style mustache that had prompted a swirl of attention for a northeast Indiana town was taken down Tuesday.
