A New Jersey mother of a soldier is sending tons of Silly String, that colorful stringy stuff that sprays out of cans, to troops in Iraq. Silly String brand has also offered to send some free of charge. "Before entering a building, troops squirt the plastic goo, which...

I thought it amusing that Fiji's military chief, Frank Bainimarama, gave the prime minister a deadline to conform to the military's demands before he would set a coup in motion. "I think I'll schedule the coup for Friday...mmm...sometime after lunch." The demands...

"If it's newsworthy, it gets on the air, whether it's Bush or bin Laden." So began the first few days of Al-Jazeera's English language news channel, a stream of glitzy slogans and swirling views of the Doha newsroom, punctuated by the occasional ad for a Qatari...

At the risk of offending Russians, I feel I really must chime in on the subject of the quite notable suckiness of their country. I'll just recount current events which have irked me -- if I have to mention everything that has bugged me about the behavior of Russia's...

Continuing yesterday's theme, Cecily Kaiser, a children's book editor, talks about her experience: I was on the subway, on my way to work, when the first plane hit the tower on Sept 11th, 2001. When I emerged on Houston Street and walked two blocks down Broadway to my...

I asked some family and friends who I knew witnessed the attacks on 9/11/2001 or who were severely affected by them if they could give me a brief write-up of their experiences that day; where they place blame, or what they think of blame placed; and what they think of...

I think the last story we reported said that Lebanon's reconstruction cost would be around $2.5 billion -- a number I thought was far too conservative. A 12-story building in my neighborhood would cost at least $20 million to build, if not more. It can't be less than...

Flipping through Details magazine at 1:00am on Friday night. No, it's okay, I just got back from the Lyric Diner with friends, and we might go out to play yet. Meanwhile, I note a few disturbing trends and bits of info as I flip through these glossy pages --...

I read with interest and amusement, once again, that the military is warning that Iran will have nuclear weapons in as little as five years. Let's ignore that there is no evidence that Iran is seeking a nuclear weapons program, that they really have little substantial...

Within half an hour, we were told of a woman who went berserk on a flight and was found to be carrying matches, vaseline, a screwdriver, and not one but TWO letters mentioning al-Qaeda -- one in English and the other in Arabic. And then slowly these items disappeared...