Rabe Ramblings

From CNN.com : The International Olympic Committee has banned Iraq from competing in the upcoming Summer Olympics because of what it says is...

The odd story of a burglar who got stuck in a ventilation shaft in a sports bar trying to make his way in after closing hours--presumably to...

In all the furor surrounding Jesse Jackson's recent overheard comments about Barack Obama, the thing being largely ignored is the thing...

Undoubtedly, you've heard the story the media has been relentlessly hyping about the so-called “pregnant man.” "Thomas Beatie,...

I've noticed with passing interest the phenomenon among my fellow evangelicals of adopting fad diets that market themselves as somehow b...

Some links for the weekend: Maybe everybody else already knew about this, but I just discovered this amazing site where you can watch episo...

So I see that the United States Supreme Court has narrowly decided to allow us to keep the Second Amendment for at least a little while lon...

Some links for a Monday afternoon: My fellow evangelicals tend to think that the core message one is trying to communicate is one thing and ...

Today's Chutzpah Award goes to South Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-Embarrassment). He says in today's Sun-Sentinel that Geo...

Now that my kids are at the age when they've become far more internet savvy than I am, they direct my attention to things I'd never ...

One of the sad television spectacles of this past weekend was Keith Olbermann's desperate, ongoing attempt to hitch himself to the Tim R...

A lot has been said about Tim Russert in the 72 hours since his sudden death. Though he was obviously well-loved, and though I considered h...

Sorry the blogging has been so light. It seems to be one of those seasons of life when blogging is difficult to get to. In the middle of an ...

Okay, so the interview I did with Jerry Newcombe did air on C-SPAN 2 last night, and according to their Book TV schedule , it will air again...

After about a million revisions (these people ain't kidding when they say "subject to change"), C-SPAN's website is now sh...

If you're interested in this kind of thing, you can see yours truly on C-SPAN 2 next Sunday, June 1st at 7pm Eastern. (It will also ai...

I was a little concerned when I heard they were making a new Indiana Jones movie. After the way Sylvester Stallone has been destroying the m...

If you've never seen this video before, I highly recommend that you take five minutes and have a look. It's an autistic guy who, af...

You'd be sad for me if you had any idea of how much this video delighted me of a guy in his backyard doing impressions of every signific...

I see that AOL appears to have named "TV's Best 50 Comedies of All Time." Most of the programs that should be on the list ar...