Live from the Nuke Free Zone

Via the Houston Chronicle comes a story that seems to have been little remarked upon outside of Texas: a young girl by the name of Katie Wernecke has had radiation therapy for her leukemia repeatedly delayed due to the idiotic pseudoscientific paranoia of her parents. By latest report, she had an 80-90 percent chance […]

In this article from the Washington Post, we’ve got some pretty good news: an extremely effective (”virtually 100 percent”) vaccine against the human papilloma virus, the primary cause of cervical cancer, has been developed. This really ought to be one of those let’s-all-get-drunk-and-play-ping-pong-in-celebration sort of things. I mean, duh - reliable way to block a […]

First off, yesterday’s news is about a step and a half from the worst case scenario of the Bush Administration getting away with it scott-free. The indicted Scooter Libby is more likely than not a scapegoat for the actions of several criminals in the White House, and the charges are only for lying and obstruction […]

It’s election time again, and we’ve got a bunch of turkies of
propositions to vote on this season. Although a bit busy to provide more
than capsule reviews this year, Tang is once again here to tell you how to vote.

Harriet Miers has withdrawn from the nomination for the Supreme Court. This should not be interpreted as any kind of a victory for the Left: it’s important that we frame the event properly.
Senators were refusing to support Miers for two layers of reasons. One, important to the conservatives, was that Ms. Miers could […]

No, you can’t torture people even just this once. Bad President, no pretzel.
What if it’s a clandestine counterterrorism operation?
No.
What if it’s abroad?
No.
What if it’s noncitizens?
No.
What if I say I reeeeeeally have to?
No.
What if it’s for clandestine counterterrorism operations conducted abroad, with respect to terrorists who are not citizens of the United States, that are […]

According to a new federal law, you will be required to tear down the house you are currently living in and rebuild with glass walls, the better to allow federal agents to examine your activities should you ever be under suspicion of a crime. Don’t worry, you’re not… yet. And you don’t expect […]

Marist College recently had a poll showing more than a quarter of respondents would not consider voting for a woman for President. I’d love to be able to compare this to a poll asking whether respondents would consider voting for a man for President, but oddly enough I don’t see that happening in the near […]

And now, Tommy D’s mugshot:

Listen! The government and industry plant secret microchips inside laser printers which put an invisible code on every document you print which they can use to tell who printed it and when!
It sounds like serious tinfoil hat stuff except it’s true and the codes have been broken by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The codes are […]