Politics

What is a shadowbox, you ask? According to some accounts of naval history and tradition, when a sailor retires and is departing the ship for the last time, it’s considered bad luck for the sailor’s shadow to touch land before he/she does. Thus, the sailor’s shipmates would construct a sturdy box, hand-crafted of the finest [...]

Well, Obama and the left must really be happy with the way things are working out in pharmaceutical research. The evil “Big Drug” companies can no longer afford the R&D costs and FDA hoops to bring new life saving drugs to the market – so they are gradually grinding research to a halt. It’s no [...]

NASA has scheduled its last-ever US Space Shuttle mission for 28 June, 2011. Designated STS-135, it will carry a mass of supplies, parts. and whatever they can cram aboard to the International Space Station in advance of the Shuttle program coming to an end. After that, the ISS will rely solely on what can be [...]

Yeah, heard all the “Surrender Monkey” jokes already, and I usually pass them on due to the French propensity to poop on all things American. I remember the crap about Hezbollah and France’s refusal to designate them a terrorist group, too many others to even dig up now. That would be an “I digress” moment. [...]