Month: September 2005
A solar-powered handbag designed by a student from Brunel University promises to make finding keys and other items at the bottom of a bag easier. The handbag, dubbed Sun …
There’s a web page dedicated to it. Link.
The Buddha v. L. Ron: Nicole Kidman has spoken out in defense of psychiatry, months after her ex-husband Tom Cruise publicly denounced the medical practice. . . After researching …
The Smoking Gun has reproduced complaints from the Transportation Security Administration about airport security. Funny and somewhat disturbing stuff. Link. Excerpt: While one woman was offended by an extremely …
A doctor has offered to perform free abortions on hurricane evacuees, saying it may be too dangerous for them to wait until they return home. Link.
The WSJ has run a pretty good op-ed about the Washington Bankruptcy Court decision that made individual parish assets part of the bankrupt diocese for purposes of paying creditors. …
Good luck to the ugly Dutch babies: The Dutch government intends to expand its current euthanasia policy, setting guidelines for when doctors may end the lives of terminally ill …
Chalk one up for officials that don’t kowtow to the UN: A senior U.S. official rejected calls on Thursday for a U.N. body to take over control of the …
Will Frist want federal funding for this, too? Colombian police searching couriered packages for contraband made a chilling discovery on Wednesday: three human foetuses wrapped in plastic and concealed …
Alcoholics who smoke appear to lose more brain mass than alcoholics who don’t smoke, according to a study at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. It is already well-known …
New contraption signals bartender to filler up
The NY Times continues its high-radar coverage of the proposed ban on gay priests, looking for any homosexual-sympathetic angle possible: Responding to reports that the Vatican may be close …