Just a few days ago when Hillary and Obama debated in San Antonio, Hillary sensed that going for jugular was not earning her any points. So she ended the "debate" taking the high ground and saying how "honored" she is to be running against Obama.Now the gloves are off again and the desperation has set in. And, Hillary wants every Democrat to be outraged!! Why, because she might lose? Don't all of us have more important things on our minds beside Hillary Clinton's p... Read Full Story

The suspense is finally over. The Oscars are on tonight in all their glory.Too bad.When the writer's strike threatened to reduce tonight's Academy Awards show to a rehash of old movie clips, I thought finally there might be an Academy Awards Show worth watching.Never has a show been so celebrated and yet so consistently boring as the Academy Awards. In fact, all entertainment awards shows are dull as hell. Rich, spoiled celebrities giving each other awards, is hardly the making of an ... Read Full Story

The day after the NY Times levied charges against John McCain, the Republican Senator fires back at the paper, as The Times reports on their website:Later in the day, one of Mr. McCain’s senior advisers leveled harsh criticism at The New York Times in what appeared to be a deliberate campaign strategy to wage a war with the newspaper. Mr. McCain is deeply distrusted by conservatives on a number of issues, not least because of his rapport with the news media, but he could find common ground wi... Read Full Story

Years ago when the Day Planner was invented by someone in his garage, everybody had to have one. Suddenly, a business meeting couldn't happen without everyone dropping their Day Planners (or copies) on the conference room table. When the meeting was about to end, everybody scribbled in their calendar the date of the next meeting.Today, Day Planners are out and in are Blackberries and Palm Pilots. Since these devices allow their owners to get email, they are great for something to do when ... Read Full Story

Reporters Without Borders today accused public officials around the world of “impotence, cowardice and duplicity” in defending freedom of expression.“The spinelessness of some Western countries and major international bodies is harming press freedom,” secretary-general Robert Ménard said in the organisation’s annual press freedom report, out today (13 February) and available at www.rsf.org. “The lack of determination by democratic countries in defending the values they supposedly stand for is... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Haagen-Dazs is warning that a creature as small as a honeybee could become a big problem for the premium ice cream maker's business.At issue is the disappearing bee colonies in the United States, a situation that continue to mystify scientists and frighten foodmakers.That's because, according to Haagen-Dazs, one-third of the U.S. food supply - including a variety of fruits, vegetables and even nuts - depends on pollination from bees. Read Full Story

Since May 14, 1948, when the modern State of Israel declared its independence, with the support of the United Nations, including Russia, Israel has been in a state of war waged by its Arab neighbors and the Palestinian people.There has never been one day since 1948 that this state of war hasn't existed. The organized Arab nations have tried time and time again to destroy Israel; in 1948 (24 hours after the Israel's declaration of statehood), 1956, 1967 and 1973. All wars, all started ... Read Full Story

Alan Dershowitz writes about an academic boycott of Israel:When a relatively small number of British academics tried to hijack the traditional trade union agenda of the British University and College Union by calling for an academic boycott of Israel, they expected little opposition. The union, after all, is British, and the nation whose academics were to be boycotted is Israel.Anti-Israel sentiment among left-wing academics, journalists, and politicians in Britain is politically correct and ... Read Full Story

Hizbullah supporters fix their flag on top of their rocket models in Bourj Qalawi near the southern port city of Tyre.From Jerusalem Post:The [Israeli] army is on high alert along the northern border following reports that Hizbullah has deployed 50,000 men in southern Lebanon after last week's assassination of arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh in Syria.Hizbullah supporters fix their flag on top of their rocket models in Bourj Qalawi near the southern port city of Tyre.Defense officials expres... Read Full Story

The home where the Carpenters grew upFrom the LA Times:We've only just begun . . . to learn what is happening to the Downey family home that was made world-famous by the pop duo the Carpenters.The five-bedroom tract house and a smaller next-door dwelling that was connected to it by an enclosed walkway was where Richard and Karen Carpenter fine-tuned their greatest hits in the 1970s.The pair lived in the main house with their parents. The adjoining house was something of an annex, where th... Read Full Story