Category: Politics

In May 2007, I wrote an Outtakes column on my childhood friend who suffered a heart attack – M.L. Virden. He died last night. Read:…

From the blogger “Truth”: Rick Outzen, I stand accused in post #12.I sincerly believe you pander to the liberals & progressive socialists on this blog.I…

For some reason the daily newspaper publishes who they believe to be “Godzilla” on the comment section of their website yet they won’t report who…

“Former” County Administrator George Touart wants to come back to work. His attorney says that he only offered to retired because County Atty Janet Lander…

In the PNJ: The insurer agrees to lower its premiums an additional 2 percent — bringing the total cut since June to an average 9…

From the AP wire: It sounds like science fiction but it’s true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and…

Slate.com reports The third quarter fund-raising numbers are trickling in: Obama raised $19 million, Hillary is reportedly in the same ballpark, Thompson raked in more…

I love the Internet with a little digging you can find out tons on nearly anyone. Today the CEO of Blackwater, Erik Prince, testifies on…

Yesterday, GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson told Iowa voters that Iraq did indeed have Weapons of Mass Destruction prior to the U.S. invasion. The Des…

At the beginning of 2007, PNJ executive editor asked, “What makes a good newspaper?” This NY Times article on the St. Petersburg Times answers that…

Last Thursday, Tavis Smiley moderated a Republican presidential forum on PBS, where candidates — for the first time — answered questions from “a panel exclusively…

NY Times: Town Is Shaken After Prosecutor’s Arrest in a Child-Sex Sting To neighbors here, J. D. Roy Atchison was a deft federal prosecutor, an…