Category Archives: Serious News

Conspiracy theorists are sure to have a field day with the 13 minutes of silence between the emission of gray smoke from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel and the confirmatory pealing of the bells, but they are ringing now, … Continue reading →

Everything You Need to Know About Ecuadorian Politics According to the Dowbrigade No, that is not Saddam surfacing unscathed in South America – it is part of a massive street protest in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Once again, our adopted Latin American … Continue reading →

A child stands near a United Nations armored personnel carrier, manned by Peruvian peacekeepers, at a check point in Cite Soleil, April 16, 2005. U.N. Security Council members said they would look favorably on Haiti’s request for more peacekeeping police … Continue reading →

NEW YORK Many in the industry are dreading the upcoming Fas-Fax report, and early numbers are slowly starting to emerge. Today came word that The Boston Globe is expecting steep overall circulation declines for the six-month period ending March 2005 … Continue reading →

Suffolk County lost 1.5 percent of its residents between July 1, 2003, and July 1, 2004, the steepest decline of any county in southern New England and the third consecutive year the county’s population dropped, according to US Census Bureau … Continue reading →

From time to time, the ebb and flow of the news tides wash up a certain kind of detrius which we pick up and file away because they remind us of Richard Farnsworth (not his real name), a kid from … Continue reading →

It has long been known that FDR commissioned a psychological profile of Adolf Hitler from the OSS, predecessor to the CIA. Now, 62 years later, it is available on the Cornell University library web site. He was a feminine boy, … Continue reading →

2005 has been officially designated the "Year of Languages." Who knew? In November 1979, I was part of a presidential commission that asked the federal government to commit $180 million in new funds to create a language program that might … Continue reading →

In a scathing report examining the exposure of three Boston University researchers to tularemia last year, Boston public health authorities yesterday called on BU to strengthen internal oversight of safety in medical school laboratories. The study by the Boston Public … Continue reading →

Sean Bucci hates narcs, and with good reason. He was turned in on marijuana charges by a trusted "friend". So seven months ago he started a web site to "Out" narcs and paid informants. He is especially incensed by folks … Continue reading →

The new list of the richest people in the world just came out in Forbes magazine.  As Robert Orben says, "Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not … Continue reading →

Could Dan Brown have invented a more bizarre and conspiratorial plot than the recent wounding of Italian journalist Guiana Sgrena and the killing of Italian spy Nicola Calipari as they sped to the airport mere minutes after the journalist’s being … Continue reading →