A giant dominatrix teddy bear wearing a leather mask and brandishing hand-cuffs has been banned from sober Zurich’s street display of man-sized model bears, the project’s artistic director said Tuesday.

The Democrats apparently won, while the Right is screaming “sellout.” Crooks and Liars has a huge listing of the reaction. Me, hmm, I wonder. How much of a victory is this really? We shall see.

The upstairs-downstairs state of Britain’s workforce continues to exist, with the highest-paid workers now earning 16 times the average salary of those at the bottom of the pay ladder, a new report shows. A mere 16x salary difference is news…

I’ve been travelling a fair amount lately. Wireless and high speed net access is everywhere; airports, hotels, plus of course all those unsecured wireless nets just waiting to be jumped on. I’ve been online since the pre-Net days of BBS’ing…

Sharon’s Nos leave little room for peace Addressing American Jewish leaders, Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon insisted there would be no negotiations with the Palestinians on the status of occupied Jerusalem, no return of Palestinian refugees, nor would be a return…

Arkansas is home to the first dinosaur museum to take a creationist perspective.

Aircraft carrier sent to guard Dubya at G8 An aircraft carrier packed with hundreds of US marines will be anchored off the west coast of Scotland during the G8 summit. A fleet of Galaxy C-5 planes, carrying armored limousines and…