The first however-many days of Barack Obama's presidency have been a study in amateurism. ...more

February 14, 2009

Charlie Strong probably should have been hired away from the University of Florida long before now, tapped by another school to lead its football program to the same mountaintop the Gators now occupy. He should be a head coach, and everybody knows it. ...more

January 10, 2009

To make up for losing the recent referendum for change in the nation's governance, the losers have come up with a snappy comeback: a coup. ...more

November 23, 2008

We discovered heaven for dog lovers on the side of a mountain in St. Johnsbury, Vt. ...more

November 2, 2008

Astronomers have discovered what may be the smallest alien planet yet - a rocky "super-Earth" only four times heavier than our home planet. ...more

May 31, 2008

A mountaintop property located near the Hollywood sign and once owned by Howard Hughes is up for sale. ...more

February 14, 2008

The defining performance of Heath Ledger's tragically foreshortened career - more or less equivalent to what Jim Stark in "Rebel Without a Cause" was for James Dean - will surely be the role of Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain." ...more

January 27, 2008

Not long ago, Global Positioning Systems were mostly big, heavy boxes that sat on the console of ships and big offshore boats. They were very useful for navigating deep, open waters, but not much else. ...more

November 2, 2007

The gurus seek bliss amidst mountaintop solitude and serenity in the meditative trance, but I, grasshopper, have achieved the oneness with the universe that is known as pure externalization. ...more

October 28, 2007