Current Affairs

The vatican is disputing some quotes atributed to the pope by Eugenio Scalfari, founder of the "left-leaning" newspaper La Republica. I found this litt;e tidbit fascinating:

When you see a headline like "I wish my mother had aborted me," you might expect to read a damn strange article. Lynn Beisner does not disappoint:

If I called President Obama a socialist, it'd probably start a big fight and some of you would call me a typical far-right wingnut. But, hey, I'm not the one calling for a government takeover of American industry:

Good for him:

Today, only about 1 percent of the nation's population is in uniform either on active duty or in the reserves, and the number will dwindle as things such as budget cuts and the drawdown in Iraq take effect.

Later this morning, my newspaper colleagues will be debuting a redesigned website, which will include a new platform for this blog. If you come here through news-sentinel.com, you should still be able to click in as always. If you've got me bookmarked, you might have to change that, although I think they're going to try to come up with an automatic rerouter. Stay tuned.

Bet you didn't have a clue that God was a Denver Bronco fan:

DENVER (CBS Denver) — Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is not the only one who thinks God helps him on the football field.

First we had the strange Amish beard-cutting terrorist sect, and now there are the Amish buggy fine scofflaws:

Happy Friday the 13th, triskaidekaphobes!

Actually, there is a specific word meaning "morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th" -- paraskevidekatriaphobia:

The Doomsday Clock keepers have moved the time ahead a minute to five minutes before midnight, the first time the clock has been reset since 2007: