Four miles into last Sunday’s Seattle Marathon, runners came on a sight so singular that some stopped to be photographed with it. It was a banner, 3 feet by 6 feet, that read: “SEATTLE ATHEISTS — WE BELIEVE IN YOU.” Behind it, handing out water to the runners and cheering, were 30 volunteers with one thing in common: They say there is no God. Why in heaven’s name were atheists

It has happened repeatedly in the last several weeks — well-paid, well-known journalists questioning the wisdom of “bailing out Detroit,” of helping an industry whose union-represented workers have substantially better wages and benefits than other manual or skilled laborers, or, more precisely, who are better compensated than their nonunion counterparts working at foreign-owned rival companies building cars and trucks in the United States. The questions are tinged with outrage and

in Pakistan, protesting low-mileage American imports.

Pee-wee: I don’t remember. Texan: Where are you from? Pee-wee: I don’t remember. Texan: Do you remember anything? Pee-wee: I remember… the Alamo. [Texans cheer] Pearl Harbor can be placed in the same line as the Alamo and Custer’s Last Stand. They are stories of surprise defeat and a military response. Sept. 11 fits there as well. Pearl Harbor is part of another line, though, Mansoor said. That one includes

After eight solid years of Trooferist howling about teh eeeeeevil BOOOOOOSH REGIME? Their little crusade won’t go anywhere. But to them that will mean only that the Supreme Court has joined the mainstream media and perhaps Congress in a great conspiracy to put a foreignlike man in the White House to launch a Marxist revolution with the help of his terrorist friends. For four years, maybe eight, we’ll be hearing

I denounce it: A man who got carried away at a karaoke bar has been stabbed to death for singing too much and refusing to hand over the microphone. Abdul Sani Doli was performing in Sandakan town, Malaysia, and not letting others share the limelight. A group of men grew furious that Mr Doli was hogging the stage and a brawl broke out, police said. The 23-year-old was punched and

From Politico: Obama had committed just before Thanksgiving to saving or creating 2.5 million jobs in the next two years, more than twice his campaign promise of 1 million new jobs over an unspecified period. But he didn’t say how he would do it. On Saturday, he began to spell it out, offering “five key parts” of his economic plan: —ENERGY: “[W]e will launch a massive effort to make public

From Blitz, via Theo Spark, on this day before Pearl Harbor Day: Saturday, 6 December 2008 The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in

First, given cynn’s anger over the cheesecake photo of Bettie Page, I thought I’d put her out a little bit more by touting You Sexy Thing, a Brazilian blog that publishes glamor and arty nude shots. The guy who runs it is really nice, and it might make a nice holiday gift for someone you know. But contact the site owner first, because he hasn’t posted since 11-26. Maybe he’s