by Art Smith
Wednesday’s WSJ had a blurb to this effect… one of those one sentence things that doesn’t say who did the study, or any real details, just that such “programs fail to affect teenage sexual behavior”. I am convinced that such...
by Art Smith
Those of you that prattle on about how awful the government is, did you vote this week? Those of you that scream and cry about the awful wars and dead soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, did you bother to go to the polls and honor what our soldiers died for? ...
by Art Smith
The numbers were hit this week, as of last night we hit 853 military deaths this year in Iraq, the most for any year of the war so far. I suspect (I haven’t had time to skim the news sites today) that we will have a lot of hay made over this between the...
by Art Smith
Right Wing News John Hawkins ranked BitsBlog on his favorite bloggers of 2007 list. More here. Congratulations, guys!
by Art Smith
Bithead announces the addition of Sister Toldjah to the Swamp Stompers… welcome, Sister! Glad to have you along!
by Art Smith
One powder-keg seems to have been successfully defused. Yes, I’m referring to North Korea. Old news, okay, but in this morning’s WSJ print, a brief reference to the dismantling beginning at the production facilities in Yongbyon by a U.S....
by Art Smith
As seen on Bit’s site: (Sigh) I was worried this might happen… DALLAS —AP– A wounded Iraq veteran and his wife have lost a third child from injuries the boy suffered in a car accident on the way to visit his father in the hospital. Three weeks...
by Art Smith
In today’s Des Moines Register’s print edition, on the Opinion Page, Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) was asked who (of anybody) he felt would make a good president. His answer, Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts). ...
by Art Smith
One thing that might be interesting (though only briefly touched on) in the Yunus book is the story of his involvement in the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan. Although I confess I am not completely in tune yet regarding all of the political details of...
by Art Smith
I finally broke down (after having purchased an iPod for my wife earlier this year) and bought my own iPod last week… and no I didn’t buy the iPhone, but yes I did buy the Touch (iPhone without the phone). I like it, it works great (except Safari...