Lucille Ball

Star of stage, screen and TV, Lucille Ball, would be 100 years-old today.

Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein

An unlikely pairing, Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe. Could Albert have made Marilyn happy? Could Marilyn have kept Albert’s attention?

S&P Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating

The United States has lost it’s AAA credit rating for the first time in history due to a bungling Bush and the subsequent bumbling Congress and administration. Read about it here.

Time to just let Tiger Woods play golf

Tiger Woods is back playing golf. The thankful sports media can start selling newspapers and air time again.

The Heat Dome Blues

Summertime, summertime, sum-sum–this sucks.

Bear paws big business on Chinese-Russian border

The trade in animal parts continues in many corners of the world, including the North-East corner of Russia, a treasure trove of wildlife and in some cases the last best refuge. The Chinese, however, are determined to kill all that wildlife so they can spice up their meals and practice ancient rituals. Read what they are killing here.

Judge reluctantly denies challenge to Obama’s wolf killing decree

The president and the congress made a deal with the Republicans: kill the wolves so we can get a budget and move on. The great white hunters of the North will now be allowed to gas the cubs in their dens, shoot them from helicopters, and murder them any way they see fit. Read the latest development.