On May 6, 1937 the German airship Hindenburg was completing another transatlantic crossing and was coming in to dock at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. Although the actual cause of the ignition might never be truly known, that an ignition occurred onboard is certainly not in doubt. With over 7 million cubic feet [...]
(Via Instapundit and TaxProf Blog.) An organization at Syracuse University has released a report accusing the US Treasury Department of ignoring their FOIA obligations. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) has: …accused the Treasury Department’s Disclosure Services — the department unit that processes Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests — of secretly withholding government records [...]
Via The Volokh Conspiracy: The ban at the Fort Collins and Pueblo campuses, had been scheduled to take effect on August 1. The prospective ban had been imposed last winter, by a unanimous vote of the Governing Board, and against the express vote of the Student Senate. Congratulations to Rocky Mountain Gun Owners for bringing [...]
Lost amid the coverage of the oil spill and the Times Square bombing attempt has been a natural disaster of truly epic proportions. The city of Nashville, TN – not a small town, mind you – has suffered a flood that’s brought destruction Tennessee’s not seen since the Civil War. Since the media’s only given [...]
Newsweek’s been dropping subscribers for some time. Apparently, it’s gotten bad enough that the Washington Post, who owns Newsweek, is looking to get rid of it. Newsweek, which recently underwent a top-to-bottom redesign, was founded in 1933, and the Post Co. has owned it since 1961. With advertising revenue falling across the industry, Newsweek has [...]
