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I am meth. Poem by unknown author.
The following poem is rumored to have been authored by a teenage meth addict who died with the needle still in her arm. While I don’t believe that, the message is all too true...

And Then I Carried You… Into Court.
Fun article in the Washington Post about a copyright dispute over the banal “Footprints in the Sand” poem that’s a favorite of poster stores and greeting cards everywhere...

SG recommends antitrust grant, FTC objects
UPDATE Friday evening The Federal Trade Commission, in an unusual but not unprecedented step, disclosed on Friday that it does not agree with the Solicitor General that the Court should hear the case discussed in this post...

The Poetry of Presidential Abuse: The D.C. Circuit Rules Against the President With Snarky Poem
For years, many have cited international and domestic law to show that President Bush has committed grave crimes in office. Now, the Court of Appeals has enlisted Lewis Carroll and his poem “The Hunting of the Snark” to bring home the point in it ruling against the Administration in the case of a [...

Its a Dog
Movie ReviewBeowulf- Why did they do the stupid half animation. I love the poem with its archaic old english, but the animation makes it look cartoony. The dragon is overdone and straight out of fiction, in the poem it sounds like it might be some lizard looking beast...

National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry month and Poets.org (from the Academy of American Poets) is celebrating by offering a Poem-A-Day . For the month of April, Poets.org will send a new poem into your e-mail inbox...

Operating Room Fires
Hundreds Injured During Surgery, New Report Shows

Locker Room Hazing
School district to pay $567,500 settlement in harassment lawsuit.