It’s been said that good news travels fast, but bad news travels faster. As I’m reminded today, that’s not always the case.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul speaks out against not-so-secret-anymore phone record surveillance by the NSA
Rand Paul loves liberty, Verizon loves its customers and the National Security Agency thinks my sister’s a terrorist. Or something like that.
Two thumbs down: film critic Roger Ebert dead at 70
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, lost a long battle with cancer yesterday. My thoughts.
DC Comics luminary Carmine Infantino dead at 87
Carmine Infantino was best known for overhauling Batman in the 1960s and co-creating a revived Flash, ushering in the Silver Age of comics.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis — on Twitter?!
It appears Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, announced his own election as 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church today on Twitter.
ICYMI: adBrite ad exchange network officially shut down Feb. 1, 2013
The adBrite ad exchange network, one of my favorite alternatives to Google AdSense, shut down on Feb. 1, 2013. And no, they won’t be paying us.
Quick and easy made-from-scratch drop biscuits recipe
Quick and easy recipe for made-from-scratch drop biscuits with just six ingredients: flour, milk, butter, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Nick Bertram cleared: Russell County deputy returning to duty after grand jury declines indictment
Russell County Deputy Sheriff Nick Bertram has essentially been cleared of all charges levied against him last month by state police.
Paolopocalypse now? Magnum photographer’s journalistic ethics called into question
Paolo Pellegrin’s ham-fisted vision of gun violence in America damages his credibility and calls into question his journalistic ethics.
Nick Bertram: Kentucky deputy not cleared of alleged misconduct despite charges being dropped
Russell County authorities have dropped all charges against Nick Bertram, a deputy sheriff arrested last month for alleged misconduct, but state police may still seek a grand jury indictment.