Frances Townsend, homeland security adviser to President Bush, is resigning her post effective early next year to take a job in the private sector. Townsend is a self-made and accomplished professional, as well as a wife and mother of two. Also, her multiple ear piercing is hot.
About seven years ago, a seven-story building containing 20,000 barrels of Wild Turkey bourbon caught fire at the distillery near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. As you might imagine, a fire at a whiskey barrelhouse is one hell of a problem. Witnesses reported a sound like a muted gunfire report each time a new barrel was breached. Aided … Read more
Oh, you silly, silly Americans. Anonymity is a quaint little notion, but I’m afraid you’re going to have to get over it. Dig: Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s private communications and financial information. … Read more