A Comair flight departing Lexington, KY to Altanta, GA has crashed shortly after takeoff killing 49 people. A Comair flight carrying 50 people crashed a mile from Lexington’s airport early this morning shortly after takeoff, ending what has been called the safest period in U.S. aviation history. Only one person survived, apparently a passenger, and [...]
The Washington Post has a front-page article this morning on Democratic candidates not wanting to talk deadlines for pulling troops out of Iraq. Those Democrats are, of course, in tight races at the moment and don’t want to endanger the votes they’re seeking from moderates who, perhaps, don’t like how things are going in America [...]
I take note of and thank God for the release of the 2 Fox News journalists who were kidnapped in Gaza nearly 2 weeks ago. Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig were taken from their cars by Palestinian terrorists on 14 August. Welcome back to freedom, gentlemen. I look forward to hearing their stories.
I actually heard about this a couple of days ago (I forget where) but the e-mail from Verizon came tonight, delivered to my e-mail address at 10:57 am according to the timestamp. Seems that they wanted to advise me that the Federal Universal Service Fund (FUSF) charge will no longer be charged to them by [...]
Kudos to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Department, Gang Intelligence Unit, for their joint operation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that resulted in the arrest of an international fugitive. From their press release: A joint investigation between the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Loudoun Sheriff’s Gang Intelligence Unit has led to the [...]
Plan B, the so-called “morning after” pill, has been approved for sale over the counter to men and women 18 years old and older. I find Glenn Reynold’s take on the matter to be spot on: Whether access to the pill will “increase promiscuity” or not isn’t clear, but I think the only question should [...]
There’s an interesting note I saw in the news a couple of days ago about hotels that offer adult pay-per-view movies to their customers. Seems there’s an effort by some “conservative groups” to get that stopped. A coalition of 13 conservative groups — including the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America — took [...]
The Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) has, up until recently, been hobbled by a ridiculous rule requiring the marshals on board the aircraft they’re protecting to adhere to a dress code that made them ludicrously easy to spot. Today, the chief of FAMS announced the correction to this policy in allowing the marshals to dress [...]
I remember very clearly learning about the solar system in grade school and being fascinated by the topic of space exploration. I still am which is why the latest debate over the classification of the cosmos has drawn my attention. Back in those elementary school classrooms, I learned the names and orbital positions of all [...]
Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher has made an agreement whereby the misdemeanor charges that he broke state law in his personnel decisions will be dismissed. The order signed by Special Judge David E. Melcher dismissed the charges with prejudice, meaning they can’t be brought again. “It’s over and I think the people all across the Commonwealth [...]
