At the Washington Independent, Dave Weigel talks to some conservatives who believe that Obama's plan to slightly raise taxes on folks making over $250,000 a year amounts to socialism, and who plan (or at least talk about) "going John Galt" to evade them. The reference is to an Ayn Rand book in which some of rich folks, characterized as the true...
Stand back, he bites: British fisherman grapples with ferocious 'giant piranha'... which has been known to eat CROCODILES
By RICHARD JAMES
British angler Jeremy Wade looks understandably anxious as he grapples with this ferocious-looking 'giant piranha'.
The 52-year-old caught the aptly-named goliath tigerfish during a fishing expedition up...
Sex Trafficking Seen Muscling Out Drugs as Cartel Profit Center
Seriousness of problem exposed at SA ‘summit’
By Jim Forsyth
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Texas officials say as the United States makes it harder for Mexican gangs to run drugs across the border, many of the criminal organizations are turning to an even more lucrative...
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, center, prayed recently with members of a peace council looking for an end to the war.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Talks to end the war in Afghanistan involve extensive, face-to-face discussions with Taliban commanders from the highest levels of the group’s leadership, who are secretly leaving their sanctuaries...
