A few days ago I commented on another brawl that had broken out in Taiwan’s legislature, this time over the makeup of the country’s Central Election Committee, and also noted that past legislative tactics have included not just brawls but…
Last fall I reported on a campaign by Andy Griffith to become the new sheriff of Grant County, Wisconsin. Griffith had formerly been William Harold Fenrick, but changed his name to Andrew (Jackson) Griffith so that he could run for…
Proving that America has its priorities firmly in the correct order, many of its citizens remain focused on the Paris-Hilton-to-jail plot line. This may be due in part to the hypocrisy of people like me who make fun of others…
Driving Examiner’s Checklist: Did the subject arrive on time? Check. Did the subject properly signal before pulling into traffic? Check. Did the subject observe posted speed limits? Check. Did the subject know the way to the police station? Check. Was…
Apparently no legislation was eaten this time.
The owner of Melina’s Fine Mexican Restaurant, who, strangely, is named "Joe," has offered a reward of 500 tacos for information leading to the arrest of the thief who broke into the restaurant on April 24 and stole $3000. Joe…
John Brandrick, a 62-year-old British man who was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, is threatening to sue his doctors because he hasn’t died. Specifically, Brandrick went on a spending spree after being told that he had just one year…
A judge in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has ruled that a local brewing company must pay damages to one of its former beer tasters, after the taster alleged that his job — drinking alcohol — caused him to develop alcoholism. In…
Amanda Verett, an attorney in Edwardsville, Illinois, has sued Pizza Hut and another customer for injuries she says she sustained from a door. Verett alleges that on February 12, as she was exiting the Hut, she held the door open…
St. Louis fans are justly proud of their Cardinals, who (as some of you will remember) won the World Series in 2006. Jason Harris was so proud of them that he went to a local tattoo parlor to have a…