Bumped into David Duchovny, almost literally, this morning when I ran across the road and between two trailers that were blocking the road by St Mark’s Church. Almost ran into some guy, dodged, looked...

Operations by U.S. and multinational forces and Iraqi police are killing twice as many Iraqis – most of them civilians – as attacks by insurgents, according to statistics compiled by the Iraqi Health Minister...

With King Bush confirmed for a second reign, I expect that the impending assault on Fallujah, long delayed and postponed, will now get a green light. It was patently obvious that he wanted to...

I’ve been thinking a lot about “liberal democracy” lately, especially when I read a long article lauding the achievements of “The Enlightenment”. I take a more cynical view of the Enlightment ideology vs practice....

They seek him here, they seek him there, they seek Zarqawi everywhere… It seems to me as the search for “Zarqawi” has become a convenient cover for the current low-level civil war being waged...

New data on effectiveness of Atkins Diet: it sure does let you shed weight quickly!

During my cell biology class today I sat behind two women who kept chatting about intelligent design, and how there simply *had* to be some supernatural force at work. They called it “God”. I...

Scientists believe they have discovered a new group of giant apes in the jungles of central Africa. The animals, with characteristics of both gorillas and chimpanzees, have been sighted in the north of the...

This is a tough story to find because so little media are covering it. The second US Presidential debate held last nigth was funded by $2m of Arizona State taxpayer dollars. Apparently Arizona State...