Current events

Veep nominee Paul Ryan gave the rousing speech that was expected of him last night. This is a pretty good assessment:

Civilization returns to Chicago:

One of the oddest crimes in recent history has now reached the trial stage:

Jury selection began today in the hate crimes trial of Samuel Mullet Sr. and 15 followers of his breakaway sect, who are accused of forcibly cutting the beards and hair of other Amish men and women.

Heck of a tribute to celebrate the life of Neil Armstrong:

Nobody knows where the next astronauts on the moon will come from. But I expect there is a good chance that they will be Chinese," said Morris Jones, an Australian space expert.

"China's space programme is moving steadily forward. If they continue at this pace, they will develop the capability to reach the moon around 2030."

Oh, for God's sake:

More Americans rely on their families for assistance than the government, so federal officials have undertaken an effort to help people to apply for federal assistance.

For today's excursion into liberal bias, let's look at The New York Times:

Wise words from first-man-on-the-moon  and Purdue graduate Neil Armstrong, from his commencement address at the University of Southern California:

I found this to be an astonishing claim: "New study says full-frontal nudity on prime-time TV up 6,300 percent over last year." Did TV suddenly start running porn movies while I was in the kitchen getting a sandwich? But then we see these examples of what is counted:

It's back-to-school time, so we have to put up with this annual exercise in silliness:

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Remember when suitcases had to be carried instead of rolled? Or when an airline ticket was a booklet of pages separated by carbon paper? Maybe you remember when Lou Gehrig held the Major League record for consecutive baseball games played.

Is this the modern equivalent of "If LBJ has lost Walter Cronkite, he's lost the nation"? Granted, it's probably too strong to say Newsweek has defected -- they're just printed one story by a man who worked for the McCain campaign? I mean, come on, when was this guy ever gonna vote for Obama?