Townhall.com This week millions of high school seniors across the nation will mail forms and checks to colleges announcing their intention to matriculate. It's the culmination of what some say was the toughest year ever to pry open the golden
Reason Online Remember Keith Sampson, the janitor at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI) who was accused of racially harassing his co-workers by reading a scholarly book about the Ku Klux Klan? When I last discussed the case, IUPUI's Affirmative
Last year we got a good response from readers and colleagues when Mike Indursky of Burt's Bees talked in a TreeHugger interview about developing The Natural Standard - an attempt to specify exactly what is, and is not, meant when
Image courtesy of Hellsgeriatric via flickrIt's not often we find ourselves agreeing with President Bush's viewpoint but, in the case of the subsidy-larded farm bill, we'll make an exception. As Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, notes in
credit a73700 Creative CommonsThe airlines aren't in the best of shape these days with sky-high fuel prices, and are trying everything, except barrel-rolls to shake change out of our pockets, to save money. Now they are learning tricks from the
In some countries, cars don't have cup-holders; a car is not a kitchen. Neither is an office, yet one often sees people eating at their desks. We have noted before that fire retardants are fat soluble, so you shouldn't type
With less than a week to go before the primary, the 7th District congressional nominations were the hot topic Thursday at an unusual campaign gathering, with both parties' hopefuls participating in twin debates.
In a meeting that began as cordial but ended with a call to campus police, Indiana University freshman Eli Holman informed basketball coach Tom Crean on Thursday that he had decided to transfer.
Collin County Judge Keith Self defended his leadership style Wednesday, a day after longtime Commissioner Jerry Hoagland lambasted him for being a "lone ranger" on the Commissioners Court. Mr. Hoagland had urged Mr. Self, who took office 16 months ago,
A Dallas County sheriff's detective whose handling of an informant has been called into question was involved in a Dallas truck theft case that raises new questions about his investigative methods. Detective Lonnie Cole, a member of the sheriff's North
Registration remains open through Sunday, May 25, 2008 for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, June 6, 2008: Technician License Course (EC-010); Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1 (EC-001); Radio Frequency Interference (EC-006); Antenna Design and Construction (EC-009); Analog
When tornadoes swept across the state of Virginia on Monday, April 28, local Amateur Radio operators responded to the call for assistance. According to Ken Murphy, KI4GEM, Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Portsmouth, an EF3 tornado touched down in Suffolk, Virginia
ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that the 2006 and 2007 YA/LY1Y operations in Afghanistan have been approved for DXCC credit. "If you had cards rejected for this operation, please send an e-mail to the ARRL DXCC Desk to
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp.'s directors met Wednesday to consider raising the software maker's $41.9 billion bid for Yahoo Inc. instead of pursuing a hostile takeover attempt, according to a published report.The boardroom intrigue heightens the suspense hanging over Microsoft's
NEW YORK - AOL made key mistakes that pushed down display-advertising sales and resulted in the Time Warner Inc. unit's first quarter of flat ad revenue since it began staking its future on the boom in online ads, executives said
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s once-austere Web site is turning into an eclectic art gallery.Hoping to spur more customization of its home page, the Internet search leader has unveiled a lineup of colorful graphics dreamed up by a mix of
The print-ad business might be drying up in the U.S., but it's booming in the Persian Gulf, where newspaper penetration is high.Spending on ads in newspapers and magazines in the six Arab countries that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council
