We bought our tickets and entered the climate-controlled spherical building, filled with vegetation, water fountains, and of course, butterflies. Hundreds of them! The astounding array of colors and sizes and flight patterns and behaviors absolutely floored me. I immediately started crying. I admit it. I was embarrassed so I kept pretty much to myself. Lisa [...]

Freep:  To slew or cheat an online poll by repeatedly voting (clearing cookies, using proxies) or to make a blog appear to be commented by numerous posters by the same means. (From the practices of the Free Republic or “freepers”) Urban Dictionary
The Canadian Historical Society has been freeped. Their adult publication, The Beaver decided to run [...]

Despite this exponential growth, blogging continues to be misunderstood by both technophiles and technophobes. For the past decade the former have maintained that blogs will replace traditional journalism, ushering in an era of citizen-run media. Conversely, the latter have argued that a wave of amateurs threatens the quality and integrity of journalism – and possibly [...]

NEW YORK, NY – A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator.
At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he believes the man is [...]

The Iraq soccer team doesn’t live or play in Iraq – they train and work on teams across the Middle East – the team captain says he can’t go home because he fears for his life.

I have a question.
Why would it matter if Jet Blue takes it’s advertising off the blogger YearlyKos convention webpage?
I am aware Bill O’Reilly made quite the stink, and Jet Blue pulled it’s endorsement, but it doesn’t look like this convention is hurting for sponsorship when I look at the right hand side of the front page.

According to this article [...]

If you don’t check your sources and you write a column, expect fact checking from forums and bloggers.
Janet Folger of Faith2Action is also columnist for WorldNetDaily. There are two large errors in a recent column – both are whoppers but this second is seriously sloppy. Dispatches from the Culture Wars:
The problem is worse than they are willing to admit, and [...]

Yonhap News in Korea is reporting that the South Korea government has made a substantial economic offer to Afghanistan in exchange for the lives of 22 Presbyterians kidnapped by Taliban last week.
It is also reporting the Afghan government has said no to the demands that an equal number of Taliban prisoners be released in exchange for [...]