This is some doozy of an ad for John Cornyn of Texas for Senate. Rick Noriega (D) is running against Cornyn. I first thought this ad was a spoof made by the Noriega campaign. It is really an ad run by Cornyn - my favorite part is "six mo' "...

Have you heard of the Ansari X Prize? That was a contest that gave $10 million to the first team to go to space twice in two weeks. Burt Rutan won that prize and now Richard Branson will introduce that technology as Virgin Galactic to give tourists a ride into...

The home page of Fox News is showing an ad for a T-shirt company featuring two anorexic models. What a wonderful way to portray your feelings for your country. You can buy some wonderful shirts on this site with such slogans as "I'd...

Thank goodness for global warming - here in Philadelphia it is more than 75 degrees on this October day.

We are here with thousands of Obama supporters as we listen to Amos Lee and other performers before the Boss comes on stage.

The campaign took over a part of...

Google released its new "browser" called Chrome this week. It's a disaster.

While Chrome has lots of geek features under the hood, it does not do the one thing a browser should - navigate the net.

(Ahh, remember the days of Netscape Navigator? The eyes are wistful.)

The air is still on the cool mountain night as Obama speaks to the nation. The speech has the feel of a State of the Union more than a campaign speech. The state of the union, according to Obama, is not good.

"Eight is enough," says Obama of Republican rule....

Barack Obama exhilarated the audience of 20,000 here in the Pepsi Center with a surprise appearance tonight.

As Joe Biden wrapped his speech accepting the second slot on the ticket, Jill Biden took the microphone and announced that "we have a very special guest" joining on stage.

Barack Obama then...

8 GOLDS!!! Phelps and USA team make history here in Beijing

Standing here in the Cube we did not know what would happen in the men's 400m medley relay. Certainly a number of teams could have won this race and block Phelps from 8 golds.

Prospects did...

From the Water Cube: 2 GOLDS - 2 World Records - Phelps Delivers - Now #1 Olympian

At first it seemed Michael Phelps would not take the gold in the 200m butterfly this morning.

Here in the Water Cube all eyes were on the main pool as Phelps and...

The Beijing Olympics are off with a bang. Red and white fireworks criss-cross the stadium as the crowd cheers.

two thousand eight men beat on large square drums. White lights flash off the drums with each beat.

A young girl in red steps forward and sings the Chinese...

Just a few minutes ago, Al Gore surprised an audience of 1000 bloggers here at Netroots in Austin, TX by showing up unannounced in the middle of a moderated conversation with Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

He received an instant standing ovation from the bloggers. Mick Jagger would not have received...

The price of oil struck an ominous chord for the US economy with yesterday's record trade of $147 per barrel. At these prices we are sending more than $1 million every minute of every day to oil rich countries. As oil hits a new high the dollar has hit a...