Movie Trailer Guy, Don LaFontaine, Dies
The famous Don LaFontaine who has sounded the voice to over 5,000 movie trailers has died yesterday at the age of 68. His voice will be remembered.
US News’ America’s Top Colleges List
US News, the most accepted university ranking system in the U.S., has released their list of top U.S. colleges for 2009. Here are the top 25 alongside their official score and tuition:
25: UCLA
US News Score: 79/100
University Tuition: In-state - $7,034; Out-of-state - $26,102
23 (tie): University of Virginia
U.S. News Score: 74/100
University Tuition: In-state - $9,300; Out-of-state [...]
Obama’s Running Mate => Sen. Joe Biden
Former presidential candidate and Delaware senator Joe Biden has officially become Obama’s running mate for the 2008 election. Sorry Hillary.
Here’s some background:
Biden first mentioned his intentions to run for president on the on December 8, 2004 on a radio show. In the January 23, 2006 edition of Delaware’s The News Journal, columnist Harry F. Themal [...]
China Gives American Protesters 10 Days in Jail
Story here.
It’s beyond me how the Chinese government and its apologists can possibly claim that they believe in anything resembling freedom.
Speak Up
The following email was just forwarded to me credited to Dr. Emanuel Tanay [original author may be Paul E. Marek]. I think it teaches some important lessons that we cannot learn so easily and decided to share with the rest of you.
A German’s View Of Islam
A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World [...]
Forbes’ America’s Best Colleges List
Forbes just released a list of America’s best colleges to try to complete with the US News & World Report rankings.
In conjunction with Dr. Richard Vedder, an economist at Ohio University, and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, Forbes.com inaugurates its first ranking of America’s Best Colleges, an annual list. In this report, the [...]
China revokes visa for American athlete
The Chinese government has revoked the visa of American gold medalist Joey Cheek, in response to Cheek’s plans to travel to the Olympics to support Team Darfur, a group of Olympic competitors whose goal is to raise awareness about the genocide and violation of human rights taking place in the Sudanese region. The Chinese government [...]