Rot in Hell, El Paso Gas… The nation’s biggest natural gas pipeline company illegally manipulated the California market during the energy crisis, a federal regulatory judge said Monday in a ruling that could bolster wide-ranging claims for refunds.El Paso Corp. used…

Yow… Gunmen holding Hindu temple in western India, kill at least 23

John Lennon would be pleased Blair report on Iraq a non-event One of the most prominent skeptics, the Labor legislator Diane Abbott, said the report was unpersuasive and offered nothing new. “Tony Blair will have to do better than this…

Jury Nullification to be on South Dakota ballotJury nullification means a jury can ignore laws they deem to be vindictive or unwise.  This is an important vote, and one to watch. In November, voters in South Dakota will decide whether…

Smart Mobs: The Next Social RevolutionBook and related weblog, by Howard Rheingold Smart mobs emerge when communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation. The impacts of smart mob technology already appear to be both beneficial and destructive, used…

Noelle Bush will be test case First there was a frantic call to police claiming that the ”princess,” Noelle Bush, had been caught at her drug rehabilitation center with crack cocaine, that she had been caught repeatedly and never punished…

Bill Simon hasn’t done anything dumb lately Humorists are crestfallen that Simon, Republican candidate for California Governor, hasn’t done anything appallingly simple-minded for several days now.  However, they remain hopeful…