Joe Oesterle and Tim Cridland’s new travel guide Weird Las Vegas and Nevada documents the strange and wonderful side of The Silver State. In addition to sections on Bizarre Beasts and Local Legends, there’s a chapter on infamous Area 51 and, believe it or not, a mention of Operation EMU. According to the book, which [...]
Republicans trying to justify the last eight years have reached a new level of desperation, comparing President George W. Bush to the comic-book hero of America’s No. 1 film. No, I’m not talking about the “Space Chimp.” In a new opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal, Southern California mystery writer Andrew Kavlan–author of ‘You’ll [...]
While I’m still trying to figure out what it means, a blog called the Ypsi Tattler, which is lovably nonsensical and somehow associated with Eastern Michigan University–also known as EMU–posted a link to the Operation EMU site and displayed Craig LaRotonda‘s brilliant book cover. Mentions of the EMU novel are rare these days, so whatever [...]
Not since Harry S. Truman sank a 21 foot jumper during a campaign stop in Keyser, West Virginia in 1948 have we seen a presidential candidate hit a genuine three-point shot. Ladies and gentlemen, our long wait is over. As part of the “3-on-3 Challenge for Change” voter registration drive in Indiana, students who registered [...]
