The Eleventh Hour

I’m going to say this once again: “Because that’s just the way I was raised” may be a chosen (and unthinking) reason for why you do somethin...

I've been thinking this for some time: Under the circumstances, investing additional resources in defending airplanes is unlikely to be...

When I first heard about the so-called "Undie-Bomber" this weekend, I knew there was something familiar with the concept. Looking...

In a cable news debate, area reps Aaron Schock “The Monkey” and Phil Hare talk about bringing Gitmo detainees to Illinois. In the process, S...

There are a million points of contention between people who support general healthcare reform and those who don’t. But the one I find most i...

I know this is incredibly simplistic math but if we are sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan at a cost of $30 billion, that means each ...

Atrios, commenting on Sarah Palin’s political star status: …imagine if John Kerry had put Dennis Kucinich on the Veep ticket [in 2004] and ...

I really think this country is headed toward anarchy. With more and more people becoming detached from reality and believing almost anything...

Oh it just keeps getting better . Most of the Republican candidates for Illinois governor flatly reject the idea that human activity contrib...

What Cenk says : Predictably, after the Ft. Hood shooting some idiot conservatives are suggesting that we do some sort of loyalty exam for M...

Especially in light of the Blagojevich debacle, I’ve promised to keep an open mind on deciding on who to support for Illinois Governor next ...

Richard Roeper wonders what I wonder: If you watched any football over the weekend, you probably saw a certain commercial for DirecTV once. ...

This is last week’s news, but I was fascinated by the story about the justice of the peace in Louisiana, Keith Bardwell, who refused to mar...

This blog is getting (relatively) heavy traffic today because if you search Google Images for “Meghan McCain boobs”, the fourth pic listed i...

This may be the single best take down of cable news I’ve ever seen. And as a bonus, it’s funny! I spend most of my workday lunches in front...

While I’m happy for the residents getting better cell phone service , I always thought it strange that there was this substantial dead zone ...

Really? Number 4 on a list of The World’s Ugliest Buildings is the Harold Washington Library in Chicago? Really?

I love it when the media discovers the world . The childlike awe and amazement is cute: (CNN) -- Nearly one in four people worldwide is Musl...

Just to add a late bit to my snarky post from yesterday: I was watching MSNBC at lunch today and they were broadcasting the news conference...

With white residents of small towns in Central Illinois shooting and beating each other to death (Ashland, Beason) I think it’s time to hold...

Opponents of any single-payer health system here in the U.S. often point to the “well-known fact” that Canadians, faced with a medical dysto...

Oh, I understand the tragedy of having a relative fall victim to cult of Fox News . There really is nothing even close to the wingnut altern...

While eating my lunch in front of the TV most workdays, I tend to flip around the various news channels trying to pick up on something that’...

I’ve noticed something going on in the healthcare debate that seems to happen with some regularity in such discussions: Even if something “n...

Josh Marshall sez : Michael C. Finton, aka "Talib Islam", seems like the type who might have been an able foot soldier in a plot o...

Good on the FBI for getting this guy . But let's not overstate the danger involved here. There was no danger in this plot. It was entire...

This country is so fucked up : NEW ORLEANS – Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with...

Yes, I was wondering what those things were flying up my nose… Been wondering what those pesky bugs are that have been dive-bombing your ey...

Rich Miller weighs in on the great Springfield / Union Pacific high speed rail controversy. The comments are many and contain some out-of-...

We don't know all the details yet, but I have a bad feeling about this one : A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentu...

I’m a fan of sin taxes. If the revenue needs to be raised, this has to be one of the least objectionable ways to do it. As a beer drinking, ...

This is not a surprise … 92 percent of Iowans "say gay marriage has brought no real change to their lives. …but how have the other 8% b...

I recently found this badly faded photo of me taken on my 9th birthday, July 15, 1969 - the day before Apollo 11 lifted off from Florida ca...

Glenn Beck back when he was on Kids in the Hall:

I’m really not sure in what contest this picture was taken but I think all presidents should be able to properly handle a lightsaber. What’s...

Can we quickly get something straight? Medicare isn’t “going bankrupt” because the government manages it. Medicare is in financial trouble b...

I love this headline in the SJ-R: Harsher discipline for next noose, Davlin vows NEXT noose? I guess it’s not so funny considering a second...

In an earlier post I related how it was good that Fox News is finally corralling all of the crazy or less-than-honest TV broadcasters. But,...

WebMD seems to be a fairly trustworthy site. But I was a little surprised at how emphatic this article is on the benefits for drinking gree...

The healthcare reform issue is so massive that one blog post cannot begin to contain it. It’s one of those issues that I’ve had a long inter...

I think I can follow the flu prevention guidelines pretty well. I wash my hands routinely, I keep sanitizer around, etc. But a chain is onl...