Writers on digital media are getting into a frenzy over the upcoming launch of the Palm Pre smartphone on June 6. But we think any excitement over the launch of the Palm Pre mobile phone is completely unwarranted. < Even if the new Palm Pre is a decent phone (and we still don’t know if […]
After being squashed by the Sri Lankan Army, the LTTE says its guns are silenced (in plain English, the LTTE is conceding defeat). If true, this is wondrous news indeed and a day the suffering Tamils have been waiting for decades. For nearly three decades, the LTTE monsters have wantonly massacred several thousand people including […]
English is host to an endless list of confusing words that although eerily similar have different meanings. Being at a loose end today, we decided to compile a list of 14 confusing pairs. In compiling this list, we have relied heavily on the 879-page Garner’s Modern American Usage and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th edition). Here […]
After a while, seeing Tom Hanks’ character Robert Langdon and the policemen constantly running around in a frenzy or jumping into a car and rushing from one corner of Rome to another gets tiresome. Angels & Demons is yet another decent book that fails to make the leap to the big screen without stumbling big […]
The battle has begun and some major shots will be fired tomorrow. Yes, the battle to continue to deny healthcare to the 75 million uninsured and underinsured Americans is in full play now. Noble Side On the good side is our President Barack Obama and other civilized humans with their grand, worthy vision of providing […]
In a world full of self-obsessed gluttons, there are a few brave and noble souls who put their fellow humans above their own interests. Here are some of those brave souls, who fought hard and sacrificed so much so that others may lead a better life. Two have made the ultimate sacrifice while a third […]