Speaking of eyes, fans using powerful laser pointers to distract opposing quarterbacks risk causing blindness--a problem that would seem to transcend this particular use.
The latest alternative weekly to bite the dust: the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
This is from a few weeks ago but it got little attention: South Africa denied a visa to the Dalai Lama for a peace meeting by Nobel Laureates--and the other laureates rebelled, causing cancellation of the event. Stories suggest it was to mollify China--which may seem surprising, except that China is investing heavily in Africa, which is beginning to attract notice in the West.
Apparently, certain problems within the Secret Service are not at all new, but have long been part of its culture. A very troubling report of the impact on the JFK assassination.
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