You just never see a story like this every day - a cardinal convicted in a sordid shortwave radio plot:  •  “A court in Rome on Monday convicted a Vatican cardinal and the head of the city-state's radio station for electromagnetic pollution. They were given 10-day suspended sentences, which they …

I happened to watch Enemy at the Gates yesterday which, from my recollection of the book, was a fairly smarmy Hollywoodification of the original. Yet, it did remind me that the war we just recalled having won 60 years ago was in large part won in a tank factory in Stalingrad in a battle that took …

From the BBC's In Pictures page, the caption reads "Russian sailors rehearse a Victory Day military parade in Moscow commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany". All a bit odd in light of the bit of history chess being played out between the USA and Russia, as noted by Ben, in the lead up to GWB's …

Leaked photo of Bay of Fundy SlingTide Project Plan  •  Plans including photographs of recent tests, right and above, have been uncovered this week for what is being called the Tantrama City SlingTide project, heralded in leaked draft press releases from both Ottawa and the provisional government …

It is 1:30 am tomorrow there and only about 10% of the election has been determined in the UK. This is great. No polls are announced in a riding until all are ready to be announced. Also, all candidates are on the stand as the official responsible for each riding reads out the votes for each in …

With all the talk of Terry Fox and the 25th anniversary of his run across Canada for cancer research which ended with his death about a third of the way across, I often think of Steve Fonyo, a person with less in life who has made some very bad calls, who actually did run non-stop across the land …

I am having a very interestign discussion triggered by this post of mine on the place of socialism over at David's place and, because we are being so clever, I invite you all to jump in. My point this morning is this:  •  “I woke this morning with the dichotomy on the tip of my tongue. What we are …