(H/T: JB Clayborne) In memory of my late grandfather and all the other men and women who served, Happy Veteran’s Day.

Wall Street Journal     I’m not surprised by this story, but am still appalled. From The Wall Street Journal:   In late September, on a crowded commuter train in San Francisco,…

    A thought provoking story from NPR (H/T: Aja):     Arunachalam Muruganantham had his light bulb moment when he was 29 years old, and holding a sanitary napkin for the…

  As a TLC fan from way back, I definitely had my eyebrow raised when I learned VH1 was filming a biopic about the 90s hip hop trio. Would it be CrazySexyCool…

(Us)   They’re rich, famous, and fabulous. And they’ll never “blame it on the a a a a a a  alcohol” since they don’t touch the stuff. From Hello Beautiful, celebrity teetotalers:…

  After citing Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares to You” as inspiration for her own “Wreaking Ball” video, Miley Cyrus has gotten quite the response from Ms. O’Connor in the form of an…

  I woke up this morning to a flurry of alarmist stat updates decrying the government shut down that began today. Thing is, they didn’t actually state any real information, just a…

(PBS)     While doing some reading this morning, I came across a couple of stories that touched on Brown v. Board of Education and desgregation in American public schools.   The first…

(WNYC)     Last month while at GiGi and David’s, NPR somehow made it into our topic. I think David had mentioned eventually publishing his novel and then landing an interview on…

  I know I’m going to sound like a such jerk, but I really wish all those e-proselytizers out there would just shut up. I’m sick of your frequent status updates, pictures,…