Monthly Archives: December 2005

By MIKE ARGENTO The day after federal Judge John E. Jones smacked Dover into the 21st century, I was having lunch at the diner with some colleagues when discussion, as would be expected, turned to the judge’s ruling in the … Continue reading →

By MIKE ARGENTO Just wait until Pat Robertson gets a load of this. If you thought the election and the removal of that inflamed boil on democracy that was the Dover school board had doomed Dover to an eternity of … Continue reading →

Federal Judge John E. Jones III issued a scathing ruling in the Dover case today. ID is not science, he ruled. The Dover school board was populated with liars. And it gets better from there. Here are some phrases I … Continue reading →

By MIKE ARGENTO Like a lot of people, I frequently scan the classified ads in search of meaning, cheap laughs and a kind of voyeuristic look into what passes for a community around here.

Courtesy of an alert reader, here is a Holday Party Excuse Generator at your service. Personally, I do not condone or endorse making up bogus excuses to get out of things you don’t want to do. I’d say more about … Continue reading →

Christmas letters. Gotta love ‘em. But they’re a lot of work. No need to fret. After the jump is a handy form that will permit you to keep friends, acquaintances and complete strangers fully abreast of the goings on in … Continue reading →

By MIKE ARGENTO Dec 12, 2005 — The Los Angeles Times reported that the Pentagon’s “Information Operations Task Force” has shelled out millions of dollars “to bribe Iraqi reporters and broadcasters to run phony news stories produced by the U.S. … Continue reading →

Conservatives are going bonkers over what they perceive to be a war on Christmas. Really, it’s kind of silly. Christmas seems to be in fine shape and these people have only succeeded in making saying “Merry Christmas” a political statement … Continue reading →

City slogans have been in for some rough times. San Diego, for one, no longer calls itself America’s Greatest City because one of its congressmen is going to jail for taking bribes. Big deal. York had a mayor indicted for … Continue reading →

My take on the settlement in the Lillie Belle Allen civil lawsuit appears after the jump. The family got $2 million and a sort of apology, and we get another committee. Also, how can you have a press conference without … Continue reading →