Like cosmic rubber bands, twisted magnetic structures along the Sun’s surface can release massive amounts of energy when relaxed. The discharge could be the “hidden” source that heats up the atmosphere of the Sun. The findings, presented today at a NASA Space Science Update in Washington D.C., come from images …
Read More »The Time of the (Allergy) Season
As the Summer of Love approached in 1969, an English Invasion band named The Zombies was climbing the billboard charts with The Time of the Season. What’s your name? Who’s your daddy? Is he rich like me? Has he taken any time To show you what you need to live? …
Read More »Another 'Red Eye' Milestone
Today marks our 200th show. To put that in perspective, that’s 197 installments more than the “Godfather” trilogy. So you see, it’s quite an achievement. You know, many people ask me how the show has managed to stay on so long. My first answer is amphetamines. And then, of course, …
Read More »Greg's Public Relations Plan for Oprah's Latest Mess
So Oprah Winfrey is in hot water. A dormitory matron at her school — the Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa — is accused of indecent assault on some students, prompting Winfrey to hold a tearful press conference Monday morning. Here are my thoughts, Oprah, because I know you’re …
Read More »Veteran: Washington State Flag Desecration Is No Prank
The vandals who desecrated the graves of U.S. veterans over the Memorial Day weekend were professionals, says a Vietnam vet who kept night watch at the cemetery in Washington State. “We thought at first it was just a prank-type deal at first. We were very upset about it and so …
Read More »Environmentally Friendly Weddings
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Negative Numbers Hillary Clinton has long been seen as having what pollsters call high negatives, and that is reflected in our latest FOX News poll, in which 44 percent say they would never vote for her. But John Edwards does even worse, …
Read More »Anna Nicole Smith Was Headed for 'Drug-Free Stay' in Dubai
Three days before she died, Anna Nicole Smith was planning a long stay in Dubai. More precisely: Her attorney, lover and perhaps father of her baby, Howard K. Stern, was making plans to bring her to Dubai, a seaside city in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a hot …
Read More »Boys Like Blue, Girls Like Pink; So What?
Last night, while lounging in my basement grotto — otherwise known as an oil drum filled with baby oil — I came across a new study that says “Boys like blue and girls like pink.” Apparently this is one of the first studies to show sex-based differences between girls and …
Read More »Adversity Reveals Character
The story of my friend Al generated quite a few e-mails. Many of you lamenting his plight: A man who saved his whole life for the good life, now running out of life. He’s dying. What I left out is he isn’t bitter. In fact, he jokes about his frugal …
Read More »Perfect Storm of Illegal Immigration Merging with Child Molestation
In northern Wisconsin, 25-year-old Paulo Sheispan-Landero, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is charged with first degree sexual assault on a child under 13 — a felony which would fall under Wisconsin’s Jessica’s Law. According to the criminal complaint the man on three separate occasions molested a 12-year-old girl with his …
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