"[The family of Jaylene Farrell, who died when a tornado struck Harrisburg, Illinois yesterday morning] want a song at her funeral that...

I urge readers of KintlaLake Blog to take 15 minutes to watch this video, " The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore ." ...

While waiting for the younger spawn to emerge from school on the first day of classes yesterday, I heard Rush Limbaugh nonsensically connec...

...but the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is using tongue-in-cheek humor to educate a complacent public about preparedness. ...

"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." (Jean-Luc Picard*) All day Wednesday...

I'll conclude my peek at government comics with two on Civil Defense . The FCDA tapped cartoonist Al Capp to draw Mr. Civil Defe...

" Good for Dad, Too" "Among the millions who are over-age, or for other reasons are exempt from call to the colors, there a...

... this is not the answer: For $50,000 (per adult), an outfit known as Vivos will save you a place in one of its self-contained surv...

If someone were to ask me, "What happened in Japan?" I could default to simple explanation: a major earthquake off the northeast ...

I shared one of Kevin Estela's helpful PowerPoints back in 2009 ; his name also came up in " On 'false gods' " a week ...

As recent events unfolded in Egypt , the government thrashed about in an effort to preserve the regime. In a nation that had been under ...

I can't pronounce it, either, but I don't need to speak Icelandic to take its lessons. This sub-Arctic volcano began trembling its w...

Recent headlines and cultural fixations offer food for thought. They're not bad fodder for bumper stickers, either. 'Save the Bullie...

This morning brought news of an underground explosion at a coal mine in southern West Virginia. Media are reporting 25 miners dead, four mis...

"Amateurs study tactics. Professionals study logistics." (Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, U.S. Army (retired), invoking an ages-old milit...

Off the top here, I encourage all readers of KintlaLake Blog to donate $10 to earthquake-relief efforts in Haiti by sending the text messa...

Thanks to the Hurricane Katrina fiasco, everyone knows who Ray Nagin is -- mayor of New Orleans, would-be architect of a "Chocolate Cit...

It's hard to ignore all the chaff in the air these days. We can argue over whether or not this presidential campaign sets a new mark for...

Don't try to fill 'er up in Nashville right now. Last Friday morning, unconfirmed reports of a gasoline shortage started circulating...

Across the state of Ohio, damage from Sunday's visit by "Ike Lite" is widespread. More than a million homes and businesses rem...