Archive for December 23rd, 2007

From Shawn, a reader who works in a hospital: "I guess this commercial is supposed to be funny somehow--these men are in the Emergency Room with horrible injuries because they bought their wives the wrong gift for Christmas." The UK commercial is from 2005. The company's press release describing it--"LX Direct knows what women want"--is below. To... »

IS COFFEE SAFE AFTER A HEART ATTACK? Drinking coffee soon after a heart attack is often discouraged by cardiologists and internists, out of concern that caffeine, which is present in coffee in moderate levels, and which acts as a cardiovascular stimulant, may increase the risk of additional cardiac strain or heart attack. For coffee... »

Well, it’s Christmas again. And there seems to be a stirring in the air. I don’t know whether you have noticed it, but I certainly have. Many people are less afraid than they used to be to say “Merry Christmas.” But some people are still really challenged, according to Kristen Fyfe. For example, did... »

The Baby Boomers, who performed a frontal lobotomy on their spiritual life, find the meaning of life in secular environmentalism. Read Lawrence Auster’s Deification of Gore in View From the Right. Regrettably, well meaning Christian ministers like Rick Warren are supporting Mr. Gore’s junk scientism and the power of man over the earth, rather... »

I never particularly cared for Van Halen, but you've got to like this story. During a recent Van Halen reunion concert, Eddie Van Halen's 16-year-old son, Wolfgang, played the bass and sung back-up vocals. According to the San Jose Mercury News article below, "For this, he received several kisses on the cheek from his... »

The lamestream media told you: Reporting from New Delhi, Ashok Sharma of the AP says a conservation group says that saving the world’s tigers will cost $500 million per year, but that funding is only $5 million annually. The 12 countries where tigers live are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal,... »

The lamestream media told you: The new energy bill passed by Congress and signed by President Bush will eliminate inefficient incandescent light bulbs, create corn-made bio-fuel mixtures for 35 MPG cars, show greenhouse-gas emissions labels on vehicles, make expensive-to-buy but cheap-to-operate energy-efficient appliances, and add geothermal and other alternative energy sources in the next... »

Background: Dwayne Allen Dail, who was pardoned after spending 18 years behind bars for a rape he didn't commit, was recently sued for back child support. Dail, 39, was cleared in August of the 1987 rape of a 12-year-old Goldsboro girl. The girl identified him as her attacker and hair found at the scene was similar... »

Ebenezer Scrooge – think or say the name and it is synonymous with stinginess, greed, and emotional coldness. Think of Ebenezer Scrooge and we automatically think of the character at the beginning of Charles Dickens’s classic short story, A Christmas Carol. However, A Christmas Carol is a story of transformation. It ends with Ebenezer... »

Many men find themselves caught between police officers who refuse to enforce visitation rights and family judges who refuse to do anything after-the-fact. This happens because police do not have a method to use. Since feminists won’t give them one, it is up to us to show them the way. In the 1990�s, I... »