From Sue’s dad regarding the Shiavo matter: “If every American who existed in a vegetative state were allowed to die, who would be left to vote for the Republican Party?”

The most comprehensive survey yet completed of glaciers in the Antarctic has discovered widespread movement, especially in the past five years. The findings, published today in the journal Science, indicate that the rate of sea-level rise could increase if ice…

From Wood at The John Heron project in Wales, commenting on my post, The Question of Nonviolence My mate Bob thinks nonviolence is a mug’s game. Hmm. Dunno about that. Sometimes I agree with Bob, sometimes I don’t. Here, I…

From Slugger O’Toole, the excellent Irish blog about Northern Ireland politics. Weighing the pen and the sword Jude Collins and Ed Moloney have ended up in a bit of a public barney about an almost blog style debunking of Anthony McIntyre’s…

Taped at a private conference, the leaders outline ways to punish jurists they oppose. An audio recording obtained by the Los Angeles Times features two of the nation’s most influential evangelical leaders, at a private conference with supporters, laying out…

Critical components and specialized tools destined for Libya’s nuclear weapons program disappeared before arrival in 2003 and international investigators now suspect that they were diverted to another country, according to court records and investigators. The parts disappeared in 2003 and they…