Ensconced in a dark theatre, watching Jack Black prance around in “stretchy-pants” is not my idea of a good time. I can think of more pleasant ways to kill two hours: Go to the dentist or mow my lawn.   However my niece who is a big fan of director Jared Hess’ previous effort “Napoleon...

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Foothill High School valedictorian, Brittany McComb’s speech at her graduation ceremony was cut short because school officials said its references to Jesus Christ crossed over into proselytizing. Before  McComb could get to the part in her speech that mentioned Christ — her microphone went dead. McComb has the mindset that she doesn’t have to answer to school...

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Google is one of the most popular destinations on the Internet, every day it spits out billions of search results.    I access Google not only to do research for editorials, but also to do find out what happened to old friends that I haven’t seen for ages. If you don’t come up in a Google...

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When I dine at Burger King, I’m aware that a Whopper, fries and a milk shake isn’t a nutritiously balanced meal. But artery-clogging and cholesterol-raising fats are yummy, and every once in a while I give in to my craving. I live in the South and we fry everything from chicken to okra, our motto...

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An American war plane dropped two 500-pound bombs on a safe house northeast of Baghdad where the Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, was hiding out with several aides. The list of atrocities committed by Zarqawi is enough to make the blood curdle. Zarqawi beheaded American contractor Nicholas Berg, butchered thousands of civilians – mostly...

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Global warming, AIDS, Avian Flu, Nuclear bombs in the hands of terrorists — Beam me up Scotty! Nowadays we don’t have to worry only about the mundane things like paying our bills and mowing our lawns, we also have to agonize over potential catastrophes facing our little blue planet. When the Haley-Bopp comet makes...

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Kids have their own lingo that is often undecipherable to adults, I don’t know a phat chick from a fat cow. The older I get, the less I can understand teenagers. After every conversation with my 16-year old niece I have to log on to urbandictionary.com to find out what the heck she was...

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By Robert Paul Reyes If you don’t have Internet access, you are not hooked up to the vital flow of information, commerce and entertainment that comprises 21st century life. If you don’t have a computer, it’s like being deprived of the nutrients that your body needs to thrive. Google is helping develop a $100...

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By Robert Paul Reyes Disgraced Rep.Tom DeLay’s decision to resign from Congress is good news for citizens who value clean government. The “Peanuts” character “Pigpen” was constantly enveloped in a cloud of dust, the ethically-challenged Republican leader is perpetually covered in a cloud of corruption. Anyone with a shred of decency would have responded...

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By Robert Paul Reyes Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is caustic, abrasive and abrupt, and that’s when he’s playing with his great-grandchildren. When he is dealing with the media he is an ogre, chomping at the bit to tear any reporter’s head off. Donald Rumsfeld has as many friends in the media as Jerry...

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Supermodel and serial abuser of cell phones, Naomi Campbell, is pleading not guilty to second degree assault for allegedly hitting her housekeeper with a cell phone.In 2000, the sexy celebrity pled guilty to assaulting her former assistant with a phone. Another assistant made a similar claim, but no charges were filed. Naomi accused her...

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