Author: mike

What can you get a Dad who has everything? Insects of course! Ladybugs: 9000 Count, $19.95 These beneficial ladybugs are the most popular and widely used beneficial insects for commercial and home use for...

Two months ago, Baja announced it would be the first nightclub in the world to offer their VIPs something more than a gold-plated entry card. Those who wanted it could have a microchip implanted...

Attorney General John Ashcroft, whose subordinates have written confidential legal memorandums seemingly approving of torture, told a Senate committee today that President Bush had “made no order that would require or direct the violation”...

An arrest warrant has been issued for Ahmed Chalabi’s right-hand man in Baghdad, the American consultant Francis Brooke … an Iraqi judge said that Mr Brooke had obstructed the Iraqi police. He is believed...

A number of news sources have already proclaimed Mr. Reagan the most popular president of modern times. In fact, though Mr. Reagan was very popular in 1984 and 1985, he spent the latter part...

It’s been confirmed: President Bush is above the law, both of the United States and of human decency. Memos from last year confirm that elements within the White House sought, and were “given”, the...

People have been doing silly things on bikes for along time. Here’s an early forerunner of the X Games from 1904 Berlin:

Dick Cheney on Meet the Press September, 2003: Russert asked, “Were you involved in any way in the awarding of those contracts?” Cheney’s reply: “Of course not, Tim … And as Vice President, I...

Matt “Metafilter” Haughey called me a “Google Master” for this old piece. I am not sure whether that’s a necessarily desirable epithet. I think it’s more related to excess pottering time and basic goofing...

News of the ill-treatment of prisoners in Iraq created no great surprise in republican Ireland. We have seen and heard it all before. Some of us have even survived that type of treatment. Suggestions...