“Amid allegations of witchcraft, Hollywood superstar Bill Cosby has evicted a longtime friend, the ex-wife of basketball legend Guy Rodgers, from Cosby’s Elkins Park estate, which she had overseen for 19 years,” The Philadelphia Daily News reports. “Gladys Rodgers said Cosby and his spiritual adviser accused her of using blood, sparkles and other items in bizarre witch rituals to gain control over the Philly-bred comedian. Rodgers says she is a

From your friends in sunny, terrorist-rich Florida… (hi, Andrea!) The AP reports that “the newest candidate challenging Secretary of State Katherine Harris in her bid for Congress is truly an underdog: a border collie mix. “Percy the dog is running as a write-in candidate in the Republican primary, said his owner and campaign manager, Wayne Genthner.” […] His official campaign bio describes Percy as a compassionate conservative who takes a

“It’s an herbal cure that could be worse than the disease. But some in rural Alabama swear by a home cold remedy known as Many Weed Tea. “The main ingredient is dried cow manure.” Veteran state legislator Hank Sanders of Selma remembers his mother serving it to him when he was a boy. He said each batch tasted a little different, depending on what the cow was eating. The manure

Don’t blame me, I was way too young to vote. But some of you out there have some esplainin’ to do. Because once again, here’s Jimmy Carter — jiggling his mental mush in the commentary section of USA Today (instead of fading into the cultural twilight like Jerry Brown or John Anderson, or those t-shirts that asked, “Where’s the Beef?”): The United States has now joined almost all other nations

Weekly Standard publisher Terry Eastland provides some interesting background to the Ninth Circuit Court’s recent Pledge decision: Ten years ago in a case called Lee v. Weisman, the Supreme Court decided that a state may not sponsor the sort of prayers long customary in America at middle or high school graduation ceremonies — invocations and benedictions — not even when the saying of those prayers is rotated among representatives of

Another heartwarming tale of love, life, sacrifice, and rebirth: Who can blame someone for losing track of some things when a baby is on the way? Police, that’s who. They say a 23-year-old man found out his wife was going into labor at their Roeland Park apartment complex Thursday night and called 911. ‘Help!’ the man shouted into the phone, not mentioning the labor. When the dispatcher asked whether the

George Michael lives! “So I said to myself, ‘George, why not make a statement with this new song? Y’know, really share your thoughts with the world — on international relations, on the terrorist threat, on religion…?’ Because people do care. And they need to know that there are two sides to every issue, and that there are some angry Islamists in the world whose concerns we should be listening to.

“Just when you thought it was safe to go to the World Cup. He made a come back. No, not Brazil’s Ronaldo or England’s David Beckham. But, the superhoofer himself Michael [Lord of the Dance dude] Flatley.” “The retired dancer flew into Seoul in Korea on the Sunday Ireland lost their match with Spain. Along with his long-term Tallaght girlfriend Lisa Murphy Flatley, helped the team drown their sorrows,” Yahoo

For my new buddy Roverpundit, here’s Hans Eisenbeis’ excellent Reason piece, “Four-Wheel-Drive Fantasies: A defense of the SUV.” Big hands. Big feet. Big honkin’ trucks.

Hey, y’all. Just made the move from Greymatter (which served me well, but which is no longer being developed and upgraded often enough for my tastes) to Movable Type and a new URL. Kindly update your links: www.proteinwisdom.com There. Now that wasn’t so hard, was it? (By the way, I’m still working out some kinks I’ve noticed since the move. But that shouldn’t affect our relationship any.)