Category: In the news

George, we’re grateful, really

Sneaking off after dark to spend a few hours with the troops is a fine thing to do, particularly if you’re him what sent ’em there. Planning it in secret and lying to the press about it is a smart…

China and DVDs

Nathan Cochrane reports on the Chinese government’s reluctance to adopt the Western playbook on DVD formats. For years, pundits in the West viewed China as just another emerging market to exploit. But the rising affluence of its middle-class and its…

More dumping on Rush

Seems he took out upwards of $400,000 in cash from his bank in amounts just less than the $10,000 threshold at which point the withdrawals have to be reported to the feds. Rush makes $35 million a year, the story…

Why Dean matters

Try as I might to remain oblivous to matters outside the concerns of newspaper editors, ever so often I have to pay attention to actual news. The last time I did that, though, it was not pretty, but then again,…

The Prince Charles foibles

Slate sums ’em up pretty well. Reason 943,465 to be glad we’ve got no Royal Family on this side of the Atlantic.

Earth to Al Gore

Things were hardly rosy in when newspapers ruled the media roost. Somehow those two world wars culminating in atom bombs come to mind.

Deep Purple CDs found in shuttle wreckage

… and the husband of the astronaut who took them into orbit gave them to the band. I’m sure that any minute now the RIAA will sue, claiming that taking CDs into space was a violation of copyright law. Link…