Frankenstein

Sing Any Good Books Lately?

Laurence Hughes | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books


Laurence Hughes

The mission of my blog is to highlight popular songs that are based on, inspired by, or allude to books and authors -- "Books Shelved in Songs," as I say on the site.

Co-Creating a Monster

Victoria Rosner | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment


Victoria Rosner

Random House recently published a new edition of Frankenstein with a surprising change: The cover now reads "Mary Shelley (with Percy Shelley)." Why is Percy now getting marquee billing?

Screaming Joe Wilson: Newt Gingrich's Frankenstein

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


Lorelei Kelly

If congressional politics are inside baseball, Newt Gingrich completely upended the playing field. Joe Wilson isn't an accident, he's an outcome.

Those Pesky Ballot Propositions - Is This Any Way to Run a Country?

Tom Alderman | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics


Tom Alderman

Deciding whether to 'increase the "rainy day" budget stabilization fund' in a state with the seventh largest economy in the world like California, requires a little more, uh, attention.

Scary Surge Seen in Jobless Rate to 20%

Dan Dorfman | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

The dollar is getting stronger, we still have relatively strong banks, both gold and the greenback offer money-making opportunities, and this crisis is not the end of the world.

Scientists Create New Life From Dead Mouse Frozen For 16 Years

Daily Mail | David Derbyshire | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Scientists have created clones of a mouse that had been dead and frozen for 16 years. It is the first time they have been able to clone a frozen anim...

We the Losers

Rusel DeMaria | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home


Rusel DeMaria

They'll get all hopped up with Palin and start yelling out all kinds of horrible chants, like "terrorist" and "kill him." What Palin is doing, and knows she's doing, is inciting a mob. Country first? Give me a break.