Stephen Hawking at 70
Computer chip maker Intel said on the occasion of Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday that they were going to try to help him regain the power of speech.
Biographies
Sylvia Plath Could Draw
Sylvia Plath was mostly known for her poems and her novel The Bell Jar. A recent exhibit at a London gallery reminds us she was also a fine artist.
‘Doonesbury’ on Newt Gingrich
Ouch! Newt Gingrich got slapped hard by a comic strip. You don’t see that every day. Because it was in the Sunday comics.
Teddy Roosevelt Died on January 6th in 1919
It was a surprise to everyone when Teddy Roosevelt died on this day in 1919. He was only 60 years old, but he’d had a bad year.
Nobel Prize Committee to J.R.R. Tolkien: Drop Dead
The secret deliberations of the 1961 Nobel literature committee led to one conclusion: J.R.R. Tolkien must die!
‘McCain Slams Gingrich for Calling Romney a Liar’
It’s either the dumbest or the truest headline of the day. Or both.
Frampton’s Guitar Comes Alive!
1970s rock icon Peter Frampton has been reunited with his favorite guitar after 30 years. He thought it had burned up in a plane crash, but it hadn’t.
Michele Bachmann Drops Out of the Race
Michele Bachmann’s campaign has “cratered like a rock tossed off a New Hampshire cliff.” She’s out of the GOP presidential race.
Mitt Romney Claims Iowa Caucus, With Santorum 8 Votes Behind
Mitt-mentum is back: Mitt Romney has won the Iowa Republican caucus by eight votes out of 122,255 cast.
Naming the GOP Candidates
A new poll about Mitt Romney’s real name made me realize none of the leading Republican candidates for president go by the name they were given at birth.