The flailing arms...the evil grimace...the bloated contours. When I saw that awful Rappin' Karl clip all over the Intertubes (and, horri...

Jazzy and rocking and wild time signatures-- oh my . One of Frank's greatest gifts was his ability to find order within the entropy (or...

Over at Harp and Sword, Minstrel Boy reminds us of Cicero's bold tactics in court all those centuries ago and posits that our own Senat...

via Swanton Pacific Ranch It's not a big move--not yet--but it's a bold one : In what animal welfare advocates are describing as a ...

James Nachtwey The truth is rarely pure and never simple . --Oscar Wilde Photographer James Nachtwey finds beauty--and even grace--in scenes...

photo via TBO.com It's a sad day in Pinellas County, Florida: LARGO - Steve Stanton couldn't overcome the odds. Largo city commissi...

My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama is one of my favorite Zappa songs (okay, so perhaps there are are a few of those ). My boys love it too-...

Happy Birthday, My Gentle Balinese Warrior. Eleven years ago, a beautiful little boy came into our lives, and the world. And instead of ann...

Four years ago, casting international law and human decency to the wind, America unleashed its legendary military might on the sovereign na...

I loved Dublin when I first visited the city in 1998. To my superstitious soul, it felt as though there were intense writer vibes emanating...

The richest and most developed nations in the world are forging ahead with plans to cut carbon emissions significantly by the year 2020. Bu...

Liveblogging for BradBlog, Brad Friedman points out that parties believed to be responsible for the gaping breach of national security tha...

Happy Friday, everyone! This is a terrific claymation video that Frank Zappa created in 1974, as shown on (and recorded from) the much-miss...

He needs his fur more than we do. This story is deeply upsetting: WASHINGTON - A national animal rights group wants to put a group of fur r...

Oh dear, Riddley has tagged me with the Five Unknown Things meme. This could be tricky, since I am a talkative sort, and the people I talk...

We can say to the rest of the world, Europe is taking the lead, you should join us in fighting climate change. - EC President Jose Manuel Ba...

Here, it's performed live at the Hollywood Bowl, California, 1982. Argument is one of my all-time favorite Monty Python sketches. The...

Steve Stanton is appealing the county commissioners' decision to fire him: LARGO - City Manager Steve Stanton appealed his firing this ...

From CARE : Gender-based violence is a problem of epidemic proportions that has far-reaching consequences. Violence against women is linked ...

Florida State Senator Ronda Storms , an überconservative Republican whose notable political accomplishments include, to name just a few sham...