Goodbye Governor - Ann Richards was a rare bird in Texas politics these days. A straight shooter who stood her ground fearlessly, facing political opponents and media critics with the same mettle she drew on to face her courageous and successful battle with the bottle and her tragic final fight against the cancer that claimed her.

Was Benedict wrong? - While it’s worth noting that some Muslim clerics have pleaded with Muslims around the world not to react violently to Benedict’s words — lest they become a self-fulfilling prophecy — conclusions denouncing Pope Benedict as an evil person strain credibility. All of us have to be sensible enough to realize the pope meant no harm in referencing a 14 th-century Byzantine Christian emperor’s feelings about the Muslim faith. Following is Benedict’s exact quote:Why men prefer football - I recently posed the following question to a group of local middle-age men: “ Do you prefer watching football or having sex ? ” The men pondered the question for a second before a voice said “ Who’s playing ?”

You probably recall the national survey that revealed most men prefer watching football to having sex.

George W Bush the inner punk - Generally speaking, the more people tell you how tough they are, the harder they’re working to convince themselves. George W. Bush is no exception. The president’s authoritarian impulses, on display during an amazingly petulant Rose Garden press conference, so clearly derive from his own fundamental weakness of mind and character that it’s become increasingly embarrassing to watch him perform. The more strenuously he struggles to hide his inner punk, the more clearly it emerges.