A Manhattan man who was trying to quit smoking, and who had “violent visions” about beating his wife and kids as a result, just won his family back after a long court battle, The New York Post reports… The odd case dates back to February 1999, when A.V. went to see the family nurse and told her “he had these nightmares and visions of violence,” Bloom said. The nurse referred

UPI’s James Bennett writes that blogging may force an information reformation (I say we go with “conjunction junction,” but then I’m in to kitsch…): Bloggers and their readers may form only a small percentage of the Anglosphere populations, but they are typical “early adopters” — trendsetters and opinion leaders. The crossover between the blogs and mainstream media means that ideas, opinions and identified errors from blogspace will be reflected more

UPI’s James Bennett writes that blogging may force an information reformation (I say we go with “conjunction junction,” but then I’m in to kitsch…): Bloggers and their readers may form only a small percentage of the Anglosphere populations, but they are typical “early adopters” — trendsetters and opinion leaders. The crossover between the blogs and mainstream media means that ideas, opinions and identified errors from blogspace will be reflected more

Crazed Avenger Matthew Edgar is at it again, peeling the skin back from the bloated belly of the FDA and showing you the knots of red-tape and the curdled funk of self-love clotted and tangled beneath it. This time, he debunks the FDA’s attempt to tie Kava to liver problems…

Freedom House, in its authoritative annual survey, “Freedom in the World,” reports: The spread of democracy spurred by the end of the Cold War has made elected government the norm around the globe–except in Islamic countries. The new study shows that of the 47 countries with mostly Muslim populations, fewer than one quarter are ‘electoral democracies,’ while more than three quarters of the world’s other 145 governments are. This is

Freedom House, in its authoritative annual survey, “Freedom in the World,” reports: The spread of democracy spurred by the end of the Cold War has made elected government the norm around the globe–except in Islamic countries. The new study shows that of the 47 countries with mostly Muslim populations, fewer than one quarter are ‘electoral democracies,’ while more than three quarters of the world’s other 145 governments are. This is

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (among others) is reporting that new federal airport security screeners won’t need a high school diploma to land the plump gubbmint job. […]The Transportation Security Agency, the new Department of Transportation organization created to supervise transportation security, decided earlier this month that a high school diploma isn’t necessary if candidates have a year of on-the-job experience. ‘We don’t want to disqualify anyone with one year of experience

The U.K.’s The Observer catches on: Osama bin Laden’s network gave [Shoe Bomber Richard] Reid’s suicide mission sophisticated backing, paying for him to criss-cross the world on numerous airline flights, despite his having no discernible form of work or official address. It taught him to obtain plastic explosives and fashion them into a cunningly disguised bomb. Yes. But thankfully the “network” never taught him how to ignite a “cunningly” simple

The U.K.’s The Observer catches on: Osama bin Laden’s network gave [Shoe Bomber Richard] Reid’s suicide mission sophisticated backing, paying for him to criss-cross the world on numerous airline flights, despite his having no discernible form of work or official address. It taught him to obtain plastic explosives and fashion them into a cunningly disguised bomb. Yes. But thankfully the “network” never taught him how to ignite a “cunningly” simple

Peruse this tripe, from the Saudi daily Al-Watan’s two-part “expose,” “The Jewish Sense of Superiority in the World”: The Jewish sense of superiority is typified by hypocrisy and zeal