There are any number of alternative health reform plans some far simpler and far less potentially harmful to the economy. One option would combine tort reform and a change from the employer-provided health benefits that is the current model. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

What happens when you put a Catholic priest, Father Jonathan Morris, on FOXNews and let people ask him religious questions?

Entertainment. Puzzlement. Confusion.

Were you expecting anything different? picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Mobile, Alabama city officials dismissed a public lewdness charge against an 81-year-old woman accused of urinating in a public park when she couldn't make it to a bathroom. picked by suebe 4 months ago

OYE! OYE! Get you OWN Kenyan Birth Certificate, you fill in the false information and BAM! You are Kenyan! picked by blurmore 4 months ago

Two American TV journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, held in North Korea for more than four months and sentenced to a decade of hard labor are free after ex-President Bill Clinton made a surprise trip to Pyongyang and appealed their case to the rogue state’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il. picked by equinox 4 months ago

Not surprisingly, the Obama Joker Poster reported by NewsBusters Saturday is already drawing some outrage. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

The latest development in the Obama "birther" conspiracy is the emergence of a "Kenyan birth certificate" for the president, while the same people who are so skeptical of Obama's Hawaii birth certificate are willing to accept this new document despite many documented flaws. picked by equinox 4 months ago

Sir Terry Pratchett, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2007, made an emotional plea for the right to take his own life, saying: 'I live in hope I can jump before I am pushed.' picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

The St. Petersburg Times - who we last heard from when publishing a report on scary Scientology leader David Miscavige - are at it again. They're moving forward with more reporting on accounts from Scientology defectors, basically waging war. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

It used to be that the favored public reason for giving up office was the departee's fervent, newly discovered desire to spend more quality time with the family.

There was a whiff of that in Sarah Palin's recent retirement rhetoric, though no one expects the former Alaska governor to hole up by the big picture window in her lakeside Wasilla pad and watch the ice come in this fall. picked by DerAlt 4 months ago

The program burned through its $1 billion budget in a week. New funds have been proposed but not approved yet, and the administration says any deals made this weekend will be paid for. NADA is warning dealerships to avoid them. picked by Marli 4 months ago

A Hamptons library director says a local zoning board is blocking the creation of a children's reading wing -- solely because it might attract book-hungry youngsters from lower-class areas. picked by kakana 4 months ago

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's top prosecutor insisted Thursday that freedom of expression in Venezuela "must be limited" and proposed legislation that would slap additional restrictions on the country's news media. picked by shuallyo 4 months ago

Obama is a Kenyan Muslim impostor; and Sarah Palin was qualified to be president of the United States at a moment's notice. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Beer seems to be on the agenda for Thursday evening's bury-the-hatchet White House meeting between Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge Police Sergeant Joseph Crowley. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

The Internet is an amazing learning tool. Sometimes it is so amazing it simply smacks you right between the eyes, like getting hit with a two-by-four. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Boise police already had the suspect handcuffed when they rammed a Taser gun into his anus and fired. picked by muppet 4 months ago

Do Hot Dogs Give You Cancer? The Scare-Tactics Bandwagon Bites into the Bun. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Barely six months into his presidency, Barack Obama seems to be driving south into that political speed trap known as Carter Country: a sad-sack landscape in which every major initiative meets not just with failure but with scorn from political allies and foes alike. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

This just in: It is hugely unlikely God cares much about your sex life.

*Did you know this about God? Of course you did* picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

In what is seen as an enormous show of force in the ongoing battle between man and poppy seed, the United States military has dropped several tons of explosives on a field in the Helmand Province, destroying mounds of poppy seeds which had been gathered there picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

House Rep. Ron Paul may be America’s most famous libertarian these days, but he’s making a surprising concession to progressives when it comes to the debate about public health care. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

In a surprising about face on the one child policy, authorities in Shanghai have launched a campaign to encourage couples to have a second kid, as long as both of them were only children themselves. picked by suebe 4 months ago

For well over a century almost a thousand acres of prime Manhattan real estate have gone to waste, as thousands of roustabouts loiter daily on that great green monument to squandered potential: Central Park. But at last a group of visionaries are trying to turn this urban void into something the city desperately needs: an international airport! picked by suebe 4 months ago

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation's pre-eminent African-American scholars, was arrested Thursday afternoon at his home by Cambridge police investigating a possible break-in...WTF? picked by Bornbad 4 months ago