by the Night Writer
It’s not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but there is considerable brouhaha in the PGA where one pro, Scott McCarron, has essentially accused other pros, most prominently Phil Mickelson, of cheating by using illegal clubs.
The issue stems from the PGA’s new rule this year outlawing clubs (especially [...]
by the Night Writer
While you might argue how “free” the speech is if it costs $2.5 million, we have another example today of the so-called progressive left’s unique views on the freedom of expression: if they hate what you have to say then it must be “hate” speech and banned. The latest case in point [...]
by Night Writer
There was a remarkable incident in the Boston subway Friday night when two alert MBTA (formerly the MTA) employees — one on the platform and the other driving — brought a subway car to a screeching halt inches from a woman who had fallen onto the tracks.
Boston Subway Train Stops Short of Woman [...]
by the Night Writer
Okay, I’ve done this I Don’t Want to Go On The Cart post before and received some pretty interesting responses (and about 90% of the spam captured by my Akismet plug-in is aimed at that post). Now, via James Taranto and the Lumberjack, more tales of the “undead” just in time for [...]
by the Night Writer
Having lived in St. Paul for a number of years, including a stretch in the Selby-Dale neighborhood, I am very familiar with Tiger Jack’s Store on Dale St. next to the northern entrance to Highway 94. Tiger Jack Rosenbloom was a black entreprenuer who, along with his wife Nurceal, sold a little [...]
by the Night Writer
I came across this story from the New Orleans Times-Picayune as part of my day job. It cites a study in the May issue of Risk Assessment by two Dutch researchers from Delft Univesity and two researchers from LSU (emphasis mine):
Four years later, researchers still count New Orleans’ Katrina dead, parsing them into [...]
by the Night Writer
The big news for us is that Faith and Ben finally got back from their honeymoon yesterday. Of course, there are other things going on in the headlines, but it’s hard not to see everything in terms of the kids being back. For example, I’m so happy I’m thinking about turning over [...]
by the Night Writer
The adventures of pirates have been much in the news in recent months, and it has nothing to do with Johnny Depp or box-office hits. Whether it’s hijacking of a ship loaded with Russian tanks, to the latest misadventure with an American-flagged cargo ship, pirates are becoming good copy. One might be [...]
Gino, here are a 24 to 50 more reasons to come to Minnesota for the wedding…
Pet Pigs Go Hog Wild in Western Minnesota
Officials recently discovered that pot-bellied pigs — a southeast Asian species imported to the United States, often as pets — have been roaming wild and apparently reproducing for the past few years. The [...]
Satellite photos show Lake Superior nearly iced-over on March 3, 2009.
Image from N.O.A.A.
Reportedly, this phenomenon happens about every 20-30 years. Another source reports that global floating sea ice levels this year are as high as they were in 1979, using data and a chart from the University of Illinois’ Arctic Climate Research Center:
Rapid growth [...]
