Many of these people will be missed and remembered with honor.
Richard Knerr
Knerr (right) was cofounder of Wham-O Inc., which unleashed the Hula Hoop on the world a half-century ago along with the Frisbee.
Bobby Fischer
The most powerful American chess player in history, he defied an American ban on business in Yugoslavia to play against his old [...]

This one won’t be making the rounds on the liberal sites. That would involve admitting they were wrong…
A federal judge in Washington ruled Tuesday that the government was properly holding two Guantánamo detainees as enemy combatants, the first clear-cut victories for the Bush administration in what are expected to be more than 200 similar cases.
That [...]

This is a tough one.
I can either side with know-it-all, more-compassionate-than-anyone, liberal San Francisco, OR I can sympathize and be (once again) be called a self-hating black…
As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit [...]

Our favorite atheist, Michael Newdow, just won’t let it go.

Obama’s going to have a long four years, haunted by his supporters.

I’m sure some of you remember the whole Jena Six controversy. I mean, c’mon, any event that prompts a John Mellencamp song has gotta be big.
Well, the one of the black “victims” in that case has made news once again.
Jena Six chief figure Mychal Bell’s mother Melissa Bell says that Michael is “fine” but confirmed [...]

Only a “presidential” candidate with the stature of Cynthia McKinney could pull off such an attention getter….
Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney, unimpeded by the “closed military zone” imposed by Israel, was among 16 people aboard a medical supply boat that collided with an Israeli naval ship Tuesday as it tried to enter coastal waters [...]

It’s not like we didn’t know what side the left would be on.
This is the Israeli Defence Force’s official YouTube channel, where they are posting several gun camera videos per day of bombs falling on Gaza. That is, until Google temporarily shut it down.
It’s back up now, but a message on the idfnadesk channel’s profile [...]

Anyone who Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich picked to be Barack Obama’s senate replacement would be under heavy scrutiny, regardless of the integrity of the pick. Special interest groups demanded Obama’s seat be filled by another black person, which is a whole other topic.
But who’s going to make a stink about Blagojevich’s making the pick in [...]

It would appear we’ve found some of the people who didn’t vote for Barack Obama as someone they most admire. A lot of people….
When asked how they feel about President-elect Barack Obama as commander in chief, six out of 10 active-duty service members say they are uncertain or pessimistic, according to a Military Times survey.
In [...]