Why think outside the box? Somehow, over the last 20 years, it has been instilled in people that ‘thinking outside the box’ is a good thing. Why is that? And what is this ‘box’ we are supposed to think outside? And why are we within it in the first place? The last question is the […]

If you haven’t read anything by Warren Ellis, I would generally direct you to Transmetropolitan, one of my favorite Comic series. However, this review of Ellis’ new novel, Crooked Little Vein, sounds like a lot of fun. Well, my kind of fun, anyways. Here’s the link through Warren’s Blog. Start there, poke around a bit, […]

I came across the following headline and thought it would be something funny: Clinton ‘hostage-taker’ wanted help with drinking. Now how many other people would have assumed it was a story on some poor, lonely dude who couldn’t find someone to drink with him, and had to resort to taking booze hostages? I can’t be […]

As American as… kidnapping? Do you get apple pie along with the sack over your head? A senior lawyer from the US government testified in England that kidnapping of foreign citizens is permissible under American law, as it is sanctioned by the US Supreme Court. And this is not just kidnapping people from Afghanistan, but […]

Looks like some smart guy evangelist in the states has come up with a ‘new’ idea to express his anger about that school teacher being jailed for naming a teddy bear (well letting her class name, in a school election) Muhammad (pbuh). He’s decided to contribute to the debate by naming his plush pig doll […]