I just saw via import DVD, Season 1 of "Primeval" which is about to debut soon on BBC America. The basic premise is that somehow a rift in the space time vortex- an...

There was a time, some years ago, when nearly every other month would see some aunt or the other jetting off to the US to assist their daughter during childbirth. The...

BRASILIA, Apr 17 (IPS) - An urgent call to speed up the land reform process in Latin America was issued Thursday by rural activists at the 30th FAO Regional Conference...

On last night's very special episode of Brooke Knows Best, the reality show which follows around Brooke Hogan, daughter of recently estranged and always ah-strange Hulk...

International Flipbook Festival The International Flipbook Festival is a celebration of hand-powered cinema. Designed by Rama Hoffpauir, this exhibition presents over...

From a Buenos Aires travel guide: Spice up your life! Take a beginner's tango lesson at 9 and then stay on to dance the night away at the 10:30 milonga. Get swept...

Recently, the minikitchens near where I sit have been stocking Kettle Chips. I have a huge distaste for Kettle Chips, so intense that I typically avoid them unless I am...

Memorial Day is approaching and I thought it would be appropriate to have some American themes in our gallery. Press the big button on the right-hand side, and click...

Voto Latino benefit album cover Photos: Nacional Records In an effort to inspire Latinos to vote National Records collected a previously unreleased track by Pitbull...

A Muslim family moves to America. Things are good, until September 11: their daughter’s school begins using a textbook that says Muslims want to kill Christians. This...

Great Beer My son Ron's brewery, Jolly Pumpkin, is getting some great press, and deservedly so. Buy some, drink some. You'll be glad you did! Metrotimes Detroit offers an...

Have you ever noticed in dreams...whether you are falling and right before you hit you wake up... or you get shot and are dying... murdered... anything...y ou never...

Following up on my post here ...Below is an interesting discussion from "Hardball with Chris Matthews" about free speech in America and the apparent efforts by...

Brogan illuminates the life of Alexis de Toqueville, the French writer whose exploration of liberty and democracy in "Democracy in America" remains the premiere analysis...

De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of beschryving van AMERICA en ’t ZUID-LAND with text and engravings/woodcuts by Arnoldus Montanus, Amsterdam, 1671. I made a...

I know I know, people said this was coming. But that didn’t stop me from being surprised and angered by today’s news. Our leader has decided to commute the...

A short talk that I gave at TED, under the apt mavericks conference theme: So many people have contacted me since this video went up to relay how rocketry inspired...

Whitbread-winner Crace ("Quarantine") imagines a future post-apocalyptic America in which society has collapsed and its inhabitants scratch out a meager living by any...

How often does an opportunity come along to blame a) the kids, b) the Internet, and c) the self-esteem movement for every ill that besets 21st century society? If you...

All kinds of good stuff coming your way tonight, there should be something here for every musical taste no matter how jaded the palette.Without further ado, up first, the...