Mark Whittington
Mark R. Whittington is a writer residing in Houston, Texas. He is the author of The Last Moonwalker, Children of Apollo, Dark Sanction, and Nocturne. He has written numerous articles, some for the Washington Post, USA Today, the LA Times, and the Houston Chronicle.
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Texas Steps Up Efforts to Attract SpaceX Commercial Space PortAccording to the Houston Chronicle, the state of Texas is stepping up efforts to entice SpaceX to create a space port near the southern Texas town of Brownsville. The thus far successful flight of SpaceX’s Dragon has provided impetus for that effort.
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ISS Astronauts Begin to Unload Dragon After Successful DockingAstronauts aboard the International Space Station have entered the Dragon cargo ship, now successfully docked with the ISS, and have pronounced that the interior has “the smell of a brand new car” according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Oil Boom in the Americas Means Weakening of OPEC's PowerThe Washington Post reports that an energy revolution is occurring in the Americas that will have profound effects on world politics. An oil and gas boom is occurring that will, if allowed to continue, will break the power of OPEC.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Finds Nothing Succeeds like SuccessThe lesson that is emerging from the Wisconsin recall election is that nothing succeeds politically like a policy success. In this case, the likely triumph of Republican Gov. Scott Walker in the election will be based on the success of his policies.
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Bill Maher Should Leave Creating New Words to Sarah PalinBill Maher, on the episode of “Real Time” that aired Friday night, May 25, tried to be clever about birtherism and, as usual when he tries to be clever, came off as a smirking smart alec. According to Mediaite, he tried to coin a new word: wiferism.
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SpaceX Dragon Flies on the Second Launch AttemptThe SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the cargo laden Dragon spacecraft onto low Earth orbit at 3:44 a.m. eastern time on Tuesday, May 22nd, according to AFP. The launch was by all accounts picture perfect.
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What If Young Obama Had Gone to Prison for Drug Abuse?Penn Jillette, the magician and social commentator, recent went off on an obscenity filled rant about President Barack Obama on drugs. The president enforces strict drug laws, even though he was a self admitted drug abuser in his youth.
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Why Are Obama Media Surrogates Playing the Mormon Card?While the Obama campaign itself has largely stayed away from Mitt Romney’s Mormon religion, the same cannot be said for some of the president’s supporters in the media. The Mormon card has been played in a particularly nasty way.
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Biography: Walter Cronkite was Liberally BiasedHoward Kurtz, writing in the Daily Beast, reviews an upcoming biography of Walter Cronkite, the CBS News anchorman who was very much the network news voice of the 1960s and 1970s. It turns out that the “most trusted man in America” was not so trustworthy.
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NASA May Sponsor Its Own Space Tourism ProgramAccording to a story in the Wall Street Journal, NASA is considering officially sanctioning stays by private space tourists on the International Space Station. If the change is implemented, it will represent a change in NASA’s attitude toward space touris
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Latest Poll Points to Runoff in Dewhurst/Cruz Texas Senate RaceAccording to a story in the Texas Tribune, a new poll taken just over a week before the May 29 Texas primary suggests that former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz will force Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst into a runoff in the race for United States Senator.
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Could Romney Out-Fundraise President Obama?When the 2012 election cycle began, the conventional wisdom was that President Obama was going to have a billion dollar campaign war chest that would allow him to crush anyone the Republicans dared to nominate to run against him.
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Texas Pastor Bob Fu Helped Chen Guangcheng Escape ChinaWhen Chen Guangcheng, the blind human rights activist, was allowed to come to the United States with his family, it was due in no small part to a pastor in Midland, Texas, "Bob" Xiqiu Fu, according to CNN.
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The Death of the Lockerbie Bomber a Travesty for Being Too EasyThe Daily Mail is reporting that Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi, popularly known as the Lockerbie Bomber, has finally died as the result of complications of prostate cancer, in his own bed, surrounded by his family in Tripoli, Libya.
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How Obama Can Stop Being Condescending to WomenCampbell Brown, a former news director for CNN and NBC, could hardly be confused with a member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. However she makes plain in a New York Times oped that President Obama is being condescending to women.
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Finnish Writer Advocates Environmental Change Through GenocideA writer named Tyler Durden has discovered a Finnish writer and “deep environmentalist” named Pentti Linkola who has taken the environmentalist philosophy to its logical and extreme conclusion.
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Can President Obama Say Something Nice About George W. Bush?The Dallas Morning News is reporting that former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush will be hosted at the White House by President Barack Obama for the unveiling of the former president’s official portrait.
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Flight of SpaceX's Dragon Scrubbed Due to Engine GlitchThe SpaceX Dragon, laden with cargo for the International Space Station, was scheduled to launch atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle at 4:55 AM EST on Saturday, May 19. The launch was scrubbed at the last second, according to a story in Spaceref.
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Push for a British Space Port Sparks DebateAccording to a report from the UK’s Institute of Directors, Britain needs to develop its own space port if it hopes to remain competitive in the new era of commercial space flight, which includes space tourism flights, according to the Daily Mail.
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Obama 'Born in Kenya' Booklet Raises QuestionsA 1991 information booklet printed by Barack Obama’s then literary agent that states that he “--was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii” has surfaced, according to Big Government. This has lit a torch under the Birther movement.
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Ex-Catholic Priest Convicted of Murder for Hire in TexasAccording to the Associated Press, a Dallas jury of three men and nine women has convicted a former Roman Catholic priest named John M. Fiala of solicitation for capital murder of a young man who had accused him of rape and sexual abuse.
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Romney 'Day One' Ad Relentlessly PositiveThe Romney campaign has rolled out an ad called “Day One” which presents a positive vision of what a Romney presidency will be like. It also manages to hit President Obama on the economy, jobs, and health care reform.
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WIll News Stories Be Written by Computers in the Future?Wired is reporting that a company called Narrative Science has found a way to program a computer to write news stories. Does this mean that flesh and blood reporters are about to go the way of the typewriter?
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Joe Biden Rages in Full Class Warfare FrenzyVice President Joe Biden’s status as a gaffe machine has been well documented. But less often, and therefore more precious, are the times in which he chooses to wax wroth, as he did in Youngstown, Ohio, according to Real Clear Politics.
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Ad Wars Heat Up in Dewhurst/Cruz Texas Senate RaceAs the May 29 Texas Primary draws nigh, the ad war between Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz has started to heat up, with accusations and counter accusations being levied by each campaign.
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NASA's WISE Telescope Detects 4,700 Possibly Hazardous AsteroidsAccording to CNN, NASA has announced that there are potentially 4700 asteroids – give or take 1500 – that are large enough and pass close enough to the Earth in their orbits around the sun to constitute a hazard.
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Homer Hickam's 'Crater' is a Story of a Boy's Coming of Age on the Moon“Crater,” the first in a young adult science fiction series by Homer Hickam, is a coming of age story of one Crater Trueblood, an orphan and helium 3 miner living at lunar mining colony over a century hence.
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Texas Researchers Report Promising Breast Cancer VaccineAccording to the Houston Chronicle, researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital have reported good results on what amounts to a vaccine that helps to prevent the reoccurrence of breast cancer.
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Are Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Turning Against Obama?In a sign that President Obama may find himself retired to Chicago to write his memoirs by this time next year, some press reports suggests that a couple of ordinarily blue states may be in play for the 2012 election.
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NASA Downsizes Mars Exploration in Wake of Budget CutsAviation Week is reporting that NASA is scrambling to revamp its robotic Mars exploration program in the wake of the Obama administration’s slashing of the space agency’s planetary exploration budget.
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Debra Fischer Nebraska Win Another Triumph for Sarah PalinNebraska State Sen. Debra Fischer has won the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. According to Big Government, she is the second Sarah Palin endorsed candidate to have won over a candidate supported by the Republican establishment.
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Democrats and Unions Make a Debacle in WisconsinWhen the Democratic Party and its union allies concocted the recall election against Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, the purpose was to punish him for daring to curb some of the public sector unions’ collective bargaining rights.
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Why Mitt Romney Leads Among WomenEver since the contraception mandate controversy and continuing through the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke kerfuffle, the Obama campaign has been trumpeting the idea of a Republican “war on women.” -
Ron Paul Downsizes Campaign, Changes StrategyRep. Ron Paul, R-TX has announced that he had downsized his campaign. While he has not withdrawn from the raise or even suspended his campaign, he has tacitly acknowledged that he will not beat Mitt Romney, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
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Refurbishment of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building BeginsOne of the advantages of the space flight gap between the end of the space shuttle program and the beginning of the space exploration program is that it affords NASA the opportunity to refurbish its infrastructure at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Chris Matthews Does Worse Than Sarah Palin Would on 'Jeopardy'Newsbusters is reporting about how MSNBC’s angry news analyst Chris Matthews performed less than spectacularly on Jeopardy. That Matthews has repeatedly speculated on how poorly Sarah Palin would perform makes it all the more delicious.
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If Obama Dumps Biden, Would He Choose Gabrielle Giffords?With President Barack Obama slipping in the polls, including a recent CBS News/New York Times survey, speculation has arisen that he might try to goose his standing by replacing Joe Biden on the bottom of the ticket.
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Rick Perry, Ron Paul Clash in Texas, Minnesota Senate RacesSince the demise of his own campaign for president, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has kept his hand in electoral politics, supporting the Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for the United States Senate, for example, according to the Texas Tribune.
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Obama's Green Energy Dream Threatened by Rocky Mountain Oil FindAlmost unnoticed, an auditor from the General Accounting Office gave Congress the news that the Green River Formation in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah has more recoverable oil under it than the rest of the world combined, according to CNS News.
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Barack Obama is Not the First Gay PresidentAndrew Sullivan, writing for Newsweek, has proclaimed Barack Obama the “first gay president.” This apparently does not mean that Obama has suddenly discovered that he is sexually attracted to other men.
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House NASA Funding Bill Sparks Commercial Crew CriticismThe passage of the House version of the appropriations bill that includes NASA funding for the next fiscal year has sparked a debate over how to manage the commercial crew program in an era of flat or declining funding for the space agency.
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Report: 2008 Obama Campaign Tried to Bribe Jeremiah WrightThe New York Post has published another excerpt from Edward Klein’s “The Amateur,” a scathing biography of President Barack Obama. It seems that Jeremiah Wright claims that the 2008 Obama campaign tried to buy his silence.
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Bill Maher Embraces the Paranoid Style of American PoliticsHaving one drunk deep of misogyny, at least of conservative women, HBO’s irrepressible one man freak show Bill Maher has dived straight into the hot tub of racially based conspiracy theories, according to the Daily Caller.
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Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows' Full of Whimsy and CampTim Burton’s “Dark Shadows,” starring Johnny Depp as the iconic vampire Barnabas Collins, is not so much a retelling of the iconic 1960s gothic soap opera as it is a homage to it, using characters and plot elements from the TV show.
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The Brave New World of Driverless CarsA technology that offers to change the world is quietly sneaking up on us. Google, usually associated with Internet search engines, is testing a diverless car, according to the BBC. Nevada is the first state to approve them.
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Obama's 'Enemies List' Evocative of Nixon, McCarthyThe report published in the Wall Street Journal that President Obama has an “enemies list” of people who have committed the lese majeste of contributing money to a Mitt Romney superpac is disturbing on quite a few levels.
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NASA Probe Dawn Shows Two Huge Craters on Vesta AsteroidSpace Daily is reporting that the first scientific discoveries by the NASA space probe Dawn, now orbiting the asteroid Vesta, have been published in a series of papers in the journal Science.
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Sarah Tressler, 'Angry Stripper,' Sues Houston ChronicleSarah Tressler, the society reporter for the Houston Chronicle who worked part time as a stripper and blogged about it has sued the paper for unlawful termination and has filed an EEOC complaint claiming gender discrimination.
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The Obama/Clinton Rematch for 2012 -- What Might Have BeenThe New York Post is reporting that a new book about President Obama, entitled “The Amateur,” suggests that former President Bill Clinton’s loathing for the current president has been unabated.
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Doubts Raised About Romney Hair Cutting Bullying Incident StoryA number of news organizations have begun to cast doubts about some of the details of the Washington Post story of an alleged incident of bullying that young Mitt Romney is said to have participated in.
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ATK Announces New Details of Liberty Launch VehicleAccording to NASA Spaceflight, the aerospace company ATK has announced further details about its Liberty launch system, including an in-house crew capsule and a program of test flights leading to regular operations in 2016.
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Sarah Palin Endorses Ted Cruz for U.S. Senator from TexasAccording to a press release on the Ted Cruz campaign website, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has endorsed Cruz for the United States Senate from Texas. Texas is holding a primary on May 29. Cruz’s main opponent is Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
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Mitt Romney Prep School 'Hooligan' Behavior Highlights Double StandardThe Washington Post has started the hard but necessary work of vetting Mitt Romney, which is to say dredging up every last embarrassing fact about his past to make certain that he can never become president.
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Obama Still Seemingly Thin, Weak on Gay Marriage StanceEven (especially) with insincerity and cynicism, President Obama’s coming out of the closet in favor of same-sex marriage was impressive, as reported by ABC News. It was a case of stumbling into the right position for the wrong reason.
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Arizona Man Wins Space Trip in Space Race 2012According to Space.Com, Gregory Schneider of Tucson, Ariz won a free suborbital trip into space, valued at $110,000, after completing a series of competitions. The award was given by Apollo moonwalker Buzz Aldrin in Seattle, Washington.
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Line of Conceal Carry Apparel Developed by Former Houston CopLike most states of the United States, Texas has a concealed carry law that allows citizens, with a permit, to carry a concealed handgun for personal protection. The question has arisen about where one conceals a weapon.
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A Convicted Felon Gives Obama a Contest in West VirginiaAccording to the Associated Press, one of the most bizarre political outcomes occurred in the West Virginia primary when a hitherto unknown presidential candidate named Keith Judd won 40 percent of the vote to President Obama’s 60 percent.
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The Tragedy of Richard LugarThe tragedy of Richard Lugar is that of a man who tried to stay on the public stage past his time, indeed one more senate term past his time. Had he retired instead of running one more time, he would have spared himself some embarrassment.
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Elizabeth Warren May Have Connection to the Trail of TearsElizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law professor and senate candidate, has been mocked relentlessly for her claim of being 1/32nd Cherokee, and hence a Native American. A new report has placed an awful twist on the claim.
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Shooting Bigfoot is Legal in TexasIs it legal to hunt and kill a Bigfoot in the state of Texas? Apparently, according to the statutes covering hunting, it would be legal, since Bigfoot is not an animal that has been specifically mentioned as being protected or regulated, according to Fox
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Identity Theft-Driven Tax Fraud an Argument for Tax SimplificationAccording to CNN, Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George gave prepared testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee on the growing problem of identity theft for the purposes of acquiring fraudulent tax refunds.
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Is Barack Obama an American?The title of this piece is not another tiresome treatise on Barack Obama’s birth certificate. He was born in Hawaii and is thus a natural born American citizen and that is the end of it. Rather it reflects a question he often asked about himself.
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Obama Schemed to Escape Blame If Kill Bin Laden Operation FailedWhile President Obama continues his chest thumping over the execution of Osama bin Laden, with the now infamous “One Chance” campaign ad, a memo has come to light that would have shielded the president from blame had things gone differently.
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Ron, Rand Paul Endorse Ted Cruz for Texas Senate SeatMitt Romney’s last remaining rival for the Republican nomination for president, Rep. Ron Paul, R-TX, held a rally with his son, Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, near the Texas state capitol in Austin, according to the Associated Press, Sunday, May 6.
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European Space Agency to Tout Space Station Spin-OffsAccording to Reuters, the European Space Agency is beginning what it is calling a “branding program” to tout the practical benefits of space research, especially on the International Space Station in which the ESA is a participant.
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Who Does Obama Have to Kill to Get Re-Elected?President Obama’s use of the execution of Osama bin Laden as a reason to reelect him has been mocked in a variety of quarters, including most effectively in an ad put out by Veterans for a Strong America.
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Are You Ready for Biden-Clinton 2016?According to AFP, Vice President Joe Biden is already looking ahead four years to Campaign 2016. He even has a dream ticket that is sure to win the hearts and minds of the American voters: Biden-Clinton.
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'Avengers' a Triumph for Director Joss WhedonHaving been a fan of Joss Whedon since “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” I was intrigued at the idea that he had been given a blockbuster film to write and direct with a blockbuster budget. I am happy to report that “Avengers” is a triumph.
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Dallas Women Arrested for Trying to Fill Prescription for Pain MedBecause of an apparent error on the part of a CVS pharmacy in Dallas, Anne Lenhart, a yoga instructor and philanthropist, was arrested for attempted to fill a prescription for pain medication according to CBSDFW.
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Keystone XL Still Opposed by Environmentalists Despite New RouteAccording to the Washington Examiner, TransCanada, showing the patience of job, has reapplied for the northern half of the route for the Keystone XL pipeline, now bypassing the environmentally sensitive area in Nebraska.
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Obama's 'Fear and Loathing' Campaign Begins in Partly Empty VenuePresident Barack Obama’s first official campaign speech of the 2012 election cycle was somewhat less than spectacular, playing as it did to a half empty venue at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, according to Breitbart’s Big Government.
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Texas Conservatives Push for Tax Reform, Ending Property TaxAccording to CBS News, a number of conservative and tea party activists urged the Texas House Ways and Means Committee to abolish the property tax in the state of Texas as well as curb the power of school districts to take on debt.
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Obama's Appeasement in Face of Russian Threats Not WorkingRussia’s threat to go to war over a missile defense shield being planned in Eastern Europe reveals the weakness of the Obama administration’s policy of appeasement of enemies of the United States.
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Bill Maher Wrong About Obama, Race and ConservativesBill Maher, the mad cap HBO host, is best known for his issues with conservative women. But he also seems to have even more twisted views on politics and race as only a white liberal could possess.
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Gratuity Dispute Spirals Out of Control at Houston RestaurantA dispute over an included gratuity for a large party of diners at a West Houston seafood restaurant spiraled out of control with the eatery’s employees locking the front door and the police being called, according to TV station NBCDFW.
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Obama's 'Julia' Story Creepy and SexistThe campaign to reelect President Obama has created a slide show about a typical American female named Julia and how, a every stage of her life, she is blessed by Obama and has her life blighted by Mitt Romney.
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Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee Notion a ProblemElizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law professor who proposes to take back the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts from moderate Republican Scott Brown, has gotten herself into a mess from claiming to be a Native American.
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Study: Texas Wind Farms Not Causing Global WarmingA study first reported in Reuters seemed to suggest that large scale wind farms in West Texas causes localized warming of the surface. The implication was that the spread of such wind farms might cause rather than alleviate global warming.
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What's Next for Newt Gingrich?What is ahead for Newt Gingrich, now that he has taken the well overdue decision to officially withdraw from the race? Rich Galen, an old associate of the former speaker, suggests that he will do just fine, in a piece in the Daily Beast. -
Europe to Launch JUICE Probe to Jupiter's Icy MoonsAccording to Red Orbit, the European Space Agency has approved a probe to be launched to the Jupiter system, called JUICE or Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer. Juice is scheduled for a 2022 launch.
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Newt Gingrich Failed Because He Could Not Govern HimselfNewt Gingrich’s official departure from the race was inevitable since he lost Florida, months ago. But that does not make the event any less sad for anyone who has observed his remarkable career from congressional backbencher to presidential candidate.
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Obama is No Henry VChris Matthews, the awe inspiring MSNBC host, has always been given to rhetorical excess when discussing President Barack Obama. He demonstrated this trait, according to RealClearPolitics, when he compared him to King Henry V.
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Bin Laden's Execution Does Not Buy My Vote for ObamaAbout a year ago, a team of U.S. Navy SEALs rode helicopters to a compound in Pakistan, entered the compound, and shot to death Osama bin Laden, the most wanted and reviled man in the world.
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Ron Paul Clashes with Paul Krugman on Economic PolicyAccording to The Hill, two men named Paul with strong opinions on economic policy, clashed in a TV debate. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tx represented the free market, libertarian argument. Prof Paul Krugman advanced a big government, liberal philosophy.
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Stephen King Feels Liberal Guilt for Not Paying Enough TaxesAuthor Stephan King is the latest guilty, liberal rich guy to beg the federal government to tax him more, in a rant written for the Daily Beast. As a purveyor of public policy analysis, King makes a half way decent horror writer.
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Obama's bin Laden Gambit Blows Up in His FaceThe anniversary of the translation of Osama bin Laden to the infernal regions, thanks to the courage of a Navy SEAL team, draws nigh and with it come unseemly chest thumping by the commander-in-chief, as illustrated by a new campaign ad.
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EPA Regional Chief Armendariz Resigns Over 'Crucify' RemarksThe Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator, Al Armendariz, who was caught on a 2010 video comparing his enforcement philosophy to Roman style crucifixions has resigned his post, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Russia Announces Lunar Exploration ProgramWith the failure of Phobos-Grunt still being felt keenly, Russia has announced plans to explore the moon, ending in a manned landing before 2030, according to a report on the Roscosmos website, as reported by Moon Daily.
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Obama's Schoolyard Taunt Against Romney About Killing Bin LadenOne of the most bizarre accusations made by the Obama administration against Mitt Romney is that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee would not have given the order to snuff out Osama bin Laden, according to the Weekly Standard. -
Al Gore Misuses the Moon Shot Analogy in Global Warming SpeechFormer Vice President Al Gore is quite put out that many people doubt what he thinks is the reality of man-made global warming. According to Mass.Live, he said so in no uncertain terms at a speech in Amherst, Mass.
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Sarah Palin Targets Richard Lugar's Senate CareerSen. Richard Lugar, R-IN. has served in the United States Senate for six terms and would like to have a seventh as a capstone of a long career of public service. Sarah Palin suggests that 80 year old senator be denied that privilege.
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Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives in New YorkSpace Shuttle Enterprise has been taken from her museum berth in the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center and has been taken to New York City, where she will be on permanent display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum according to SpaceRef.
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Bin Laden's Family Deported to Saudi Arabia by PakistanTying up a loose end from the execution of Osama Bin Laden by a team of U.S. Navy SEALS, the terrorist chieftain’s surviving family of three wives and 11 children and grandchildren have been deported from Pakistan.
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Gabby Giffords Has Disability Prize Named After HerBefore she entered politics, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was the CEO of El Campo Tire, a dealership founded by her grandfather. Now the 2012 International Tire Exhibition & Conference (ITEC) has created the "Gabrielle Giffords Inspiration Award.
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Obama in Trouble With Young People With a CaveatWhen President Obama went on his quasi campaign tour of colleges campuses to bring the good news of reduced interest rates on college loans, he was struggling to excite the enthusiasm of an increasingly alienated demographic.
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Child Labor Law Farm Extension -- Never MindThe sudden reversal on extending child labor laws down on the farm, demonstrates how much of a difference two years make. In 2010, when health care reform was passed, the Obama administration was deaf to the cries of the hoi polloi.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry Endorses Mitt RomneyWith his previous favorite candidate, Newt Gingrich, signaling that he is dropping out of the race, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has formally endorsed Mitt Romney for president. Speculation abounds about what this may mean for Perry.
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House Expresses Concerns on NASA Commercial Crew ProgramThe House Appropriations Committee has raised concerns about NASA’s commercial crew program in a draft report accompanying the appropriations bill that funds the space agency. The report has brought a sharp response from commercial space advocates.
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EPA 'Crucifixion' Analogy Demonstrates an Imperial BureacracyA video has surfaced, published in Weasel Zippers, of an EPA regional administrator named Al Armendariz revealing his strategy for enforcing environmental regulations. Armendariz is harkening back to ancient Rome.
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Labor Department's War on Rural AmericaA move by President Obama’s Labor Department to impose child labor laws down on the farm has gotten rural America up in arms, according to the Daily Caller. Former Alaska Gov, Sarah Palin has weighed in and there have been charges and counter charges.
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Obama Solves Illegal Immigration by Destroying the EconomyThe good news is that President Barack Obama has solved the illegal immigration problem. According to the Washington Times, a new study suggests that the outflow of Mexican illegals has exceeded the inflow for the first time since the Great Depression.
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Romney Channels Reagan, Opening Inspiration Gap with ObamaFresh from a five primary state triumph, Mitt Romney assumed not only the role of the 2012 Republican nominee, but also seemed to channel one who had similarly won that position 32 years before.
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Planetary Resources to Begin Asteroid Prospecting, Mining VentureA company called Planetary Resources has announced a commercial effort to prospect for and mine resources from Earth approaching asteroids, according to a press release. The enterprise includes people from the business, aerospace, and technology worlds.
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Is Sarah Palin Really 'Politicizing' the Afghan War?A lot of the reason that Sarah Palin is the most powerful female politician on the planet is her uncanny ability to get people to react to the least thing she has to say. That even includes things she didn’t say, according to Real Clear Politics.
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'War on Sex' as Phony as the Wars on Women and DogsAccording to Politico, Hugh Hefner, the aging prophet of libertinism and founder of the Playboy empire, has discovered yet another war out there. Add to the war on terror, the war on women, and the war on dogs, we now have the war on sex.
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American Gloriana -- Chapter TwoThe aftermath of the murder of President John McCain continues -
Space-Based Fuel Depot Debate Heats Up AgainA space blog called SpaceRef has reopened the debate about the best way to send astronauts beyond low Earth orbit by publishing a briefing document supporting space based fuel depots and existing rockets in lieu of the Space Launch System.
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'Texas Semester' Full Immersion Study of Texas History and CultureAccording to a story in the Associated Press, McMurry University near Abilene, Texas is offering a full semester course of study called 'The Texas Semester' which is a fully immersive experience in Texas history and culture.
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Nazi-Like Behavior Argues Against a Palestinian StateThe Weekly Standard is reporting the story of a man living in Hebron who is under sentence of death by the Palestinian Authority for selling his home to Jews. This story suggests that the Palestinians are not ready to have their own state.
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Obama's $8.3 Slush Fund to Save His Re-Election from ObamacareThe New York Post is reporting that the Obama administration is engaged in some fiscal shenanigans to cover up one of the more unpleasant aspects of Obamacare, at least until after the November election.
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The Sarah Palin Screaming, Demonic Barbeque PitSarah Palin, besides being the most powerful female politician on the planet, has been the inspiration for art. The bad news is that some of the art in question is nasty and is meant to be unflattering.
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Two Texas Teens and the Craziness of Prom SeasonProm season has arrived and with it some bizarre behavior by at least two high school seniors, one a prom queen and one a want to be prom queen with a mom who seems very concerned about her daughter’s well being.
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Earth Day is a Celebration of Misery and DeathApril 22 is Earth Day, the annual bacchanalia of self abuse invented by the environmental movement to remind everyone that the human race is a pestilence upon this planet. It is a celebration by the self righteous for the hysterical.
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Burning Down the Homes of Global Warming 'Deniers'Steve Zwick, an environmental advocate, has written about what he thinks should happen to the people who dispute the 'settled science' of climate change, formally known as global warming, in the pages of Forbes.
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Senate Candidate Cruz Hit for Representing Chinese Rubber CompanyTexas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has released the first negative ad of the campaign to replace outgoing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. The ad attacks his rival, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, concerning a case he is litigating as a trial lawyer
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Support for Obama Turning BizarreWithout any actual accomplishments to tout for President Obama and with attacks on his rival, Mitt Romney, backfiring, the dwindling group of supporters of the president is starting to come up with bizarre reasons to reelection him.
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'Peoples' Rights Amendment' Would End Free ExpressionA group of liberal law makers, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, are proposing to alter the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to remove the right to free speech from corporations, according to the Daily Caller.
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Ron Paul, Video Game Action HeroRep. Ron Paul, R-TX, currently a candidate for president, foe of big government at home and military intervention abroad, is about to take on a new role, according to MSNBC. Paul is about to become a video game action hero.
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Discovery's Last Flight: End of an Era or Beginning of One?The recent arrival of the space shuttle Discovery to her final resting place at a flight museum near Washington D.C. has sparked a debate over what the end of the shuttle era really means. Is it an end of an era or the beginning of another?
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MSNBC's Martin Bashir Consigns Mitt Romney to HellMSNBC’s Martin Bashir has offered a remarkable premise as to why Mitt Romney, whom he calls 'Mitt the Mendacious,' cannot be president. Bashir says that Romney is a liar. The Book of the Mormon forbids lying. Therefore he can never be president.
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Secret Service Agent 'Checking Out' Sarah Palin Reeks of ImmaturityThe scandal involving Secret Service agents and Colombian ladies of the evening took a strange turn when one of the agents whose career has been ruined by the incident was found to have boasted to have leered at Sarah Palin.
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Is Ted Nugent Mitt Romney's Bill Maher?Ted Nugent, the rocker, hunter, and gun rights activist has attracted the attention of the Secret Service, according to the Washington Post, for some remarks at a recent National Rifle Association Conference.
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Planetary Resources to Combine Space Exploration and ResourcesA group of investors and aerospace experts have announced a new venture, called Planetary Resources, the purpose of which will be revealed on April 24 at the Museum of Flight on Seattle, Washington, according to SpaceRef.
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Sarah Palin for Vice President -- AgainAs Mitt Romney basks in his triumph in becoming the presumptive republican nominee for president, his thoughts inevitably turn toward choosing a running mate. He is getting a lot of unsolicited advice in that regard.
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Jonathon Frid, 'Dark Shadows'' Vampire, Has Suffered the True DeathJonathon Frid, the original vampire known as Barnabas Collins, has died at the age of 87. Or, perhaps, as aficionados of vampire stories might say, Barnabas has at last suffered the true death.
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How Mitt Romney Saved a Girl's Life and What it MeansA little known story about Mitt Romney involving the missing 14 year old daughter of a business partner is recounted in Buzzfeed. The incident which shows a hitherto unsuspected heroic side of the presidential candidate is illuminating.Also published on:
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Ellington Field Sought as Space PortEllington Field, a former air force base south of Houston that is used by NASA’s Johnson Space Flight Center, is being eyed as a possible site for a space port, according to a story in the Houston Chronicle.
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Senate Panel Shifts NOAA Satellite Funding to NASAThe Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee has finished a markup of a spending bill that includes NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA.) The panel proposes a major change in the mandate of the two agencies.
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Obama Eats Dog Story Sends Campaign 2012 into Surreal TerritoryA story in the Daily Caller suggests that the 'Romney mistreated his dog' line of attack by the Obama campaign has been neatly trumped by the 'Obama ate a dog' response. The story shows how surreal this presidential campaign has gotten.
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Obama Has Not Brought Us Out of the Dark into the LightAccording to the Weekly Standard, First Lady Michelle Obama referred to her husband, the president, in Christ-like terms at a campaign event in Nashville, Tenn. 'This president has brought us out of the dark and into the light,' she said.
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Gallup Poll Results Bad News for ObamaA Gallup Poll of registered voters shows that Mitt Romney is topping President Barack Obama in a trial, presidential heat, 48 percent to 43 percent. It is the third recent poll that shows the Republican challenger beating the Democratic incumbent.
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Space Shuttle Discovery's Last Flight Atop a 747According to MSNBC, the space shuttle Discovery orbiter has made its final flight, traveling from the Kennedy Space Center to Virginia. on the back of a specially equipped 747. There the orbiter will be transported to the Smithsonian.
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GSA, Secret Service Scandals Obama Administration ResponsibilityStories in the media about government employees behaving badly has arise,, from General Service Administration employees partying on the tax payer dime, to Secret Service agents engaged in orgies with Colombian prostitutes.
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Cost of Demolition of Houston's Astrodome AstronomicalThe Houston Chronicle has published a piece that suggests that demolishing the Astrodome, for decades the home of the Houston Astros baseball team and the Houston Oilers football team, would be astronomical.
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Bob Beckel Should Not Be Taken Off the Air for His F BombThe irrepressible Bob Beckel has caused a little bit of a sensation by saying one of the seven deadly words one cannot say on TV on the air during the Sean Hannity Show, according to Mediaite (warning strong language.)
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Romney Wants to Cut Government Bureaucracy -- Good LuckThe Daily Caller is reporting that Mitt Romney told attendees at a private fundraiser in Florida that he intended to consolidate or even eliminate certain government departments and agencies, including Housing and Urban Development and Education.
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David Axelrod Endorses Mitt Romney -- Sort OfWhile appearing on Fox News Sunday, David Axelrod, President Obama’s chief campaign adviser, made the classic Washington gaffe of telling the truth though it be inconvenient, according to the Washington Post.
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Titanic First Class Dinner Served at Houston-Area RestaurantApril, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the luxury liner that sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, killing 1514 people, ranging from the cream of upper crust society to the poorest of the poor.
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Dick Cheney -- Still Alive, Still Annoying the LeftFormer Vice President Dick Cheney, recovering nicely from his heart transplant, addressed a crowd of 300 at the Republican state convention in Cheyenne, Wyoming on Saturday, April 14, according to Politico.
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As Expected, Bill Maher Attacks Ann RomneyIt was inevitable that Bill Maher, for whom self confident conservative women are like red flags to an enraged bull, would comment on the Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney imbroglio. Considering his record, he was surprisingly mild.
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'Noah' Movie to Be an Environmental AllegoryDarren Aronofsky, whose last film was “Black Swan,” the ballet story staring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis that featured insanity and lesbian fantasy, is undertaking a film version of the story of Noah, staring Russell Crowe.
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Ron Paul Makes Texas Campaign SwingWith Rick Santorum out of the race and Newt Gingrich’s campaign a shadow of its former self, the conventional wisdom is that Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican nominee. But Rep. Ron Paul, R-TX begs to disagree.
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Obama's Tax Time Bomb Set to Explode on Jan 1Whether he is reelected or not, President Obama has set a ticking time bomb for the American economy that is due to explode on Jan 1, 2013. According to the New York Times, the tax bill for an average middle class household will go up almost $2,000.
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Gingrich's Big Idea: Make Gun Ownership a Universal Human RightProving that a downturn in his political fortunes have not diminished his ability to think outside the box, Newt Gingrich proposed to the National Rifle Association and proposed that the right to keep and bear arms be made a universal human right.
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Scientist: Dinosaurs May Rule Alien WorldsDo dinosaurs rule other planets, as they used to rule the Earth over 60 million years ago? That is the suggestion of Ronald Breslow, Ph.D., a noted Columbia University researcher, in a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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Texas Approval of Stem Cell Therapies Opposed by FDAAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Texas is preparing to create new rules that will make it easier for doctors to prescribe cutting edge adult stem cell treatments for patients. But the move may place Texas on a collision course with the FDA.
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Obama is Losing the War on WomenThe Obama reelection campaign is losing the so-called “war on women,” and is now been placed on the defensive, partly thanks to Hilary Rosen’s indiscrete remarks about stay-at-home moms, according to Politico.
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What if Romney is Don Draper -- but Just Not the Way Obama's People Think?Politico is reporting that the Obama reelection campaign is persisting in a strange gambit to try to make Mitt Romney into a real world version of “Mad Men’s” Don Draper. For some reason they think people will react badly to this.
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Planned Parenthood Affiliates Sue Texas Over Medicaid FundsClinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood of Texas have sued the state of Texas over its decision to exclude them from funding under the Medicaid Women’s Health Program. The decision is scheduled to take effect on May 1.
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Scottish Distillery Experiments in Space-Aged WhiskyPopular Science is reporting on an unusual, but very interesting experiment taking place on the International Space Station. A Scottish distiller called Ardbeg would like to know how whisky ages in micro gravity.
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Rowling Novel 'A Casual Vacancy' a 'Darkley Comic' Political TaleThe title and plot of J.K. Rowling’s new novel for adults has been revealed, according to Big Hollywood. The title is 'A Casual Vacancy' and is described as “blackly comic” about politics and life in the fictional English village of Pagford.Also published on: -
Obama Surrogate Declares War on Stay-At-Home MomsIt started when Obama adviser Hilary Rosen denied that the president’s campaign was using the “war on women” meme and then declared war on stay-at-home moms by suggesting that Ann Romney had “never worked a day in her life” on CNN.
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Obama's 'Big Lie': Reagan Would Support Buffett RuleOne of the most eye brow raising gambits that President Obama has been attempting has been to claim that none other than President Ronald Reagan would have supported the so-called “Buffett Rule” tax the rich scheme.
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Obama Neither Pays nor Treats Women at the White House EquallyThe Washington Free Beacon is reporting that if anyone is conducting a war on women, it is the Obama White House. Women employees at the White House make 18 percent less of the median salary as do male employees.Also published on:
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Texas Senate Candidate Tom Leppert Touts Job Creation in New AdTom Leppert, a Texas businessman running for the United States Senate, has released a video ad in which he compares his record on job creation with that of his principle Republican rival, Lt. Gov David Dewhurst, and President Barack Obama.
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Could Sarah Palin Have Won?What if Sarah Palin had run? Philip Klein, of the Washington Examiner, suggests that it might well be Mitt Romney announcing that he has suspended his campaign and not Rick Santorum. Palin might well be the presumptive nominee.
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George W. Bush Challenges Obama on Tax CutsLike an unquiet ghost, former President George W. Bush recently broke his silence and spoke out on publicly on economic policy at an event sponsored by his policy institute. There was as much politics as policy in his remarks.
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Former Astronauts, Scientists Warn NASA on Global WarmingA war over the science behind climate change has broken out at NASA, with some former NASA officials, including some famous astronauts, accusing the space agency of making unproven statements about man caused global warming.
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Commercial Space Port Eyed for Cameron County, TexasSpaceX, the commercial launch company that is one of the participants in NASA’s commercial crew program, is looking at developing a commercial space port in Texas, very likely in Cameron County at the state’s southern tip, according to MSNBC.
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'Newsroom' Trailer Proves Aaron Sorkin Doesn't Get ConservativesIt is a truism that the left, especially the Hollywood left, does not really understand conservatives. There are basically two templates that people on the right are depicted on TV and in the movies.
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The IRS is the Iron Fist to Enforce ObamacareOne of the arguments raised against the health care reform law, also known as Obamacare, is that few people want ones health care run by the same people who run the IRS. The irony is not lost, then, with the news that the IRS will enforce the law.
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Missile Silo Condos Ready to Ride Out DoomsdayAFP is reporting about an unusual real estate project involving the construction of luxury condos inside an old, abandoned missile silo in Kansas. The selling feature is that they are designed to survive the end of the world.
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The Dark Side of Mike Wallace: Journalism Over Human LifeWhen Mike Wallace, the long time co-anchor of the CBS News magazine show “60 Minutes” died over the Easter weekend, he deservedly received plaudits without number as being a pioneer of TV reporting, as he did in the New York Times.
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Kennedy Space Center's Future of Commercial, Goverment LaunchesWith the shuttle program over and launches of the Space Launch System years away, the Kennedy Space Center is scrambling to attract commercial tenants for some of its facilities, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
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Tim Tebow Featured at 'Easter on the Hill' in Robinson, TexasTim Tebow, a man as well known for his public demonstrations of Christian faith as he is for throwing a football in long distance passes, was the featured attraction in an outdoor Easter service in Georgetown, Texas, according to the San Antonio Express.
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Eric Holder Ballot Trickery Proves Ease of Voting FraudAttorney General Eric Holder has famously denied that there is a widespread voter fraud problem, even going so far as to use the Voting Rights Act to block a Texas voter ID law, using the claim that it would affect Hispanics disproportionately.
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Netyanahu Frienship Means Better Israeli Relations Under RomneyInternational diplomacy is often enhanced if leaders of various countries have a warm, personal relationship. The friendship between President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is often cited as an example.
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'Mad Men' Takes on Richard Speck, VietnamOne of the more interesting aspects of the AMC TV series “Mad Men” is how it intersects the lives of Madison Avenue ad men and real world events of the 1960s. This is no better illustrated than in the recent episode 'Mystery Date.'
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American Gloriana -- Chapter OneWhat if John McCain had been elected President of the United States...
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Obama Helps the Muslim Brotherhood's War on Egyptian WomenPresident Obama has hit upon a reelection strategy, according to Reuters, by wooing working women and accusing Republicans of waging a “war on women.” Yet Obama is hosting the Muslim Brotherhood at the White House, according to AFP.
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How Government Health Care Kills the ElderlyHealth care rationing is an integral feature of government health care systems, as illustrated by a number of recent stories from Great Britain, where the state has provided – more or less – medical services for decades.
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PRUF LED Moving Manufacturing from China to TexasAccording to KXXV TV in Waco, PRUF LED, a manufacturer of industrial sized LED lights, has decided to move manufacturing jobs from China to a new facility in Robinson, Texas, near Waco, in a reverse of the usual pattern.
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Bad Jobs Report May Mean Obama Loses His JobThe good news is that the March unemployment rate went from 8.3 percent in February to 8.2 percent. The bad news is that only 120,000 private sector jobs were created according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Keith Olbermann, Current TV in Legal Battle of the DecadeAfter being unceremoniously given the royal order of the boot from Current TV, Keith Olbermann made good on his threat and filed suit against his former employer for breach of contract, sabotage, and disparagement, according to the Washington Post.
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Children at Stall Brook Can Sing 'God Bless the USA' After AllAccording to the Washington Times, it looks like the children of Stall Brook Elementary in Bellingham, Mass. will be able to sing the Lee Greewood classic patriotic song “God Bless the USA” as it was written.
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Last-Minute Push to Make the Texas Primary Winner Take AllAccording to the Houston Chronicle, a group of Texas Republican supporters of Rick Santorum are trying to change the Texas Primary, now scheduled for May 29, from a proportional allocation of delegates to a winner take all contest.
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Space Telescope Archive, Supernova Named for Barbara MikulskiThe Space Telescope Science Institute has decided to honor Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, by naming its official space telescope archive of all NASA’s astronomical images, including those from the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Some Environmentalists Don't Even like Green EnergySome environmentalists actually oppose green energy. To be sure, they have specific objections. Big wind farms kill migratory birds. Sprawling solar collectors wreck the fragile desert ecosystem. But it’s really about Luddite philosophy.
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Hugo Chavez's Death Would at Last Free VenezuelaAccording to Fox News, Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez is being dogged with rumors that he has had an accident with radiation treatment of his intestinal cancer and may seek treatment in a Brazilian hospital.
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Will Rick Santorum's Pride Goeth Before His Fall?Rick Santorum, having lost yet another round of primaries to Mitt Romney, famously declared that it was “half time” in the race for the Republican nomination, according to the Associated Press.
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Howard Dean Proves Democrats Need a 30-Year TimeoutHoward Dean, the mercurial former governor of Vermont, former presidential candidate, and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, offered his assessment about what the Republican Party does every day.
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Mitt Romney Accused of Wanting to Gut NASA FundingA segment on '60 Minutes' that describes the economic devastation wrought by the end of the space shuttle program and President Obama’s cancellation of the Constellation program has sparked an attack on Mitt Romney’s lack of a space policy.
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It's Nikki Haley's Turn to Be HatedIt seems that Sarah Palin is not the only telegenic, conservative woman to receive the slings and arrows of misogynist liberals. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been on the receiving end of left wing ire.Also published on: -
Obama Attacks on Ryan Budget Plan 'Desperate and Demagogic'The GOP budget plan, as developed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI, and the House Budget Committee, has become, not surprisingly, a subject of political contention. According to the Ticket, President Obama was not pleased.
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Laser Cannon on Ships to Change Naval WarfareAccording to Wire Magazine, the United States Navy plans to install laser weapons on board ships within the next four years. This will change the nature of naval warfare in the same way mounted cannon or ironclad hulls did.
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British Scientist Joins Debate Over Human Space ExplorationThe age old argument over whether robots or humans are better suited to explore space has been joined by a professor of planetary sciences at Birkbeck College on London England, Dr. Ian A. Crawford. He offers a new perspective on the subject.
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Romney Sweeps GOP Primaries, Becoming More InevitableAnother primary night, another triumph for Mitt Romney, so CNN reports. Romney has swept Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington D.C. to pad his delegate count to 654, more than half way to the 1144 he needs to clinch the nomination.
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Has Obama Heard About Marbury v. Madison?The New York Post is reporting on the curious imbroglio that President Barack Obama has gotten himself into by claiming that the Supreme Court overturning health care reform, also known as Obamacare, would be 'unprecedented.'
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Fifth Circuit Court Treats Obama like a Dim Law StudentWhen President Obama stated that the Supreme Court overturning the health care reform law as unconstitutional would be 'unprecedented,' as reported by CBS News, a lot of eyebrows were raised at the spectacle of a former law professor saying such a thing.
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How 'Mad Men' is Being Used to Annoy Mitt RomneyA curious intersection between real world politics and popular culture occurred as a TV show about ad men who behave badly in the 1960s has been used to annoy the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney.
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'60 Minutes' Report Sparks Debate Over NASA JobsA '60 Minutes' report on the economic devastation wrought on the 'space coast,' the area of eastern Florida that contains the Kennedy Space Center, by the end of the space shuttle program has brought a sharp response from NASA.
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Report: Rick Perry Used Painkillers to Get Through DebatesA report published in the Daily Caller suggests that Texas Gov, Rick Perry was using pain killers to get through the presidential debates when he was obliged to stand up for hours at a time. Perry suffered from back pain after a July, 2011 surgery.
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Dude, Here's Your Flying CarOne of the great laments of people of a certain age is that the 21st Century dawned without flying cars. The future in which we didn’t need roads was popularized in TV shows like 'The Jetsons' and movies like 'Back to the Future.'
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Sarah Palin Does Very Well on 'The Today Show'Sarah Palin made her debut as a morning show personality as a guest host on “The Today Show.” The consensus, even in the “lamestream media” such as the Daily Beast story on her appearance is that she did a good job.
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Gingrich Seeks to Set the Republican AgendaByron York at the Washington Examiner reports that Newt Gingrich has shifted the focus of his campaign from promoting his candidacy to promoting his ideas. He will seek to influence the shape of the Republican platform Mitt Romney will run on.
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Santorum's Health Care Proposal Virtuous in its SimplicityWhether the Supreme Court tosses health care reform in June or a Republican administration repeals it in January or February, it behooves opponents of the law to come up with their own solutions.
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Suddenly the Left Doesn't Like Activist JudgesBack in December, 2011, the Washington Post reported on how former Speaker Newt Gingrich proposed that judges be hauled before congressional committees to explain some of their more controversial rulings.
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Abake Assongba Latest in the Obama Rogues GalleryAccording to the Associated Press, another dubious Barack Obama supporter has come to the attention of the media. Her name is Abake Assongba, based in New York, a major Obam,a campaign contributor.
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Group Proposes Manned Expedition to CeresA group called Citizens in Space has weighed in on the argument over where astronaut explorers should venture beyond low Earth orbit. The group has suggested that the asteroid or, as some call it, dwarf planet Ceres should be considered.
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Keith Olbermann's Firing from Current TV InevitableThe New York Times is reporting that Keith Olbermann, the TV personality who had previously been fired from MSNBC has now been fired Al Gore’s Current TV. Reports of bizarre behavior and threats of lawsuits have ensued.