No Longer the World's Slowest Blog

This is news ? And Trent Lott is leaving early. Now, when most Senators leave the Senate early, it's either due to ill health or a scan...

I forget now who pointed me to this New York Times article, but if you ever watched Sesame Street in the '60s, '70s or '80s, i...

A few weeks ago, my mother mentioned that my cousin Debbie's son Justin was a published writer. I haven't seen Debbie in years and ...

There have always been Web sites that have been triumphs of form over function. The look of the site mattered more than the content. My fav...

I've missed the last few Pittsburgh Blogfests, but I was at the next one , which was Thursday, November 8 at Finnegans Wake on the North...

I sent the following letter to NPR this morning, regarding its "non-interview" with a former Bush administration employee: NPR is ...

I've recently rejoined the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh. We're putting on our fall concerts next week. The music is wonderful. If you li...

WDUQ has shown that it has more loyalty to Duquesne University (which does provide its office space) than to the listening public. WDUQ has...

I'm very happy that Al Gore co-won the Nobel Peace Prize (with the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and that Doris Le...

I'd like to think people who are online are reasonably able to read and think things through. This isn't always the case. No, I...

He had an excellent, succinct editorial on the subject in today's New York Times . I wrote a letter to the editors. If they don't u...

I've never met Randy Pausch, but as I'm both a geek and a movie fan, our paths have almost crossed. Dr. Pausch helped to start Carn...

Are you looking for temporary, part-time or contract Web, writing, Microsoft Office or event help? Consider this an "uncover letter....

The neo-cons keep using 9/11 as an excuse to be in Iraq. Al-Queda (the version run by bin Laden) uses 9/11 as an excuse to try to convert th...

" Republican House Minority Leader Christopher Rants, said the ruling illustrates the need for a state constitutional amendment banning...

This article was in Forbes magazine recently. No, not Mother Jones or some left-wing periodical. Forbes magazine, a magazine about as ...

It's probably not time to break out the champagne, but it's good to see that another Republican liar has left the most corrupt admin...

Jim and I were in Texas last week, and spent last Wednesday night in Galveston. We'd never been to the Texas coast before, and Galvesto...

We're going to Texas for about a week in August (remember, we're the same people who go to Massachusetts in December and February). ...

I haven't been posting all that much lately because I haven't felt very well and I've been waiting to have surgery. Due to some...