Current Affairs

The Huff Po headline said, "Christians Sue For For [sic] Right to be Intolerant." It linked to this LA Times [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-na-christians10apr10,0,6596503.story] story that's entitled, " Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies." It&

Here's a picture of my family at the Huntington, Alabama space center. I enjoyed the visit. The center displays all aspects of space exploration. But one thing was missing from this humongous NASA public-relations effort: Any mention of what space exploration has benefited us. This huge complex

Another item for my hectic Monday morning: David Scott left miscellaneous notes in the draft bank. He describes them as "dross," which might be true, in the sense that they're only loosely connected thoughts that were meant to go together at some point. But they'

In a story that I suspect is closely linked to the last one, for reasons that I don't have time to explore: > A Las Vegas company is putting a new extra-large ambulance into service to handle extra-large patients. . . . > A company official said that in

A remote Alaskan village has installed 80 surveillance cameras on its street. People are a little freaked out [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-secure28mar28,0,3284078.story?coll=la-home-headlines] : > "You better smile. You're on camera," says Roberts, 64, a

Where's William Wallace [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braveheart] when you need him? > A ban on smoking in public places - including bars and restaurants - has come into effect in Scotland. > It is being hailed as a step forward for health but critics say it will cost

A very good article [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,407493,00.html], though I'm not sure what to think about the implication that the West needs to involve itself and spend more resources to help Muslim women and Christians. From intro: > A few