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I guess our nano-warriors are on vacation: Tiny nanoparticles could be launched into tumours and heated up using light to destroy cancer cells, say doctors. This could help treat cancers which are inoperable and resistant to chemotherapy, they say. US researchers, writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of …

Like this woman, David Mamet appears to be laboring under the misconception that he is intelligent, when in reality he is, like this woman, a gibbering idiot. In language one can only conclude is meant to impress a “sophisticated” UK readership (they for whom Benny Hill was the apex of …

Like Halevi, I abhor the idea of The Fence, but also like him I see it as necessary under the current circumstances. For me, it is necessary as a symbol more than as a deterrent to terror, which it may only marginally be: Fencing in the Jewish state, after all, …

My super cool friend Randy Haecker is the publicist for Sony Legacy, the Columbia and Epic reissues label. He has the privilege of publicizing and promoting the greatest single body of recorded popular music on earth. He also likes scary movies. Here’s his Top 10 list: Scrolling through the links …

Nearly 16-million Americans suffer from diabetes, but many who may be at risk still are not aware of the disease. There are two types: Type 1 (insulin dependent) and Type 2 (adult onset). Insulin dependent diabetics must take insulin injections simply to stay alive, while those who suffer from Type …

I fear something more emphatic than threatened legal action would have happened under similar circumstances here: Sky One has pulled plans for a show about men competing for the affections of a pre-operation transsexual after the contestants threatened legal action to block the show’s transmission. The channel said on Friday …

They’ve been trying to ban the Pumpkin Roll since I participated in it nearly 30 years ago – just move your stupid cars and stay out of the way: If Chagrin Falls students try to stage their annual Pumpkin Roll this year, police say heads will roll, too. Students are …

I braved the Pennsylvania turnpike on a Friday night after work to make it back home to Cleveland from Washington, D.C. It was October 30, 1987 and it was my first trip home since I had graduated the previous spring. Filled with anticipation of being reunited with my high school …

A lot of weird things happened to me in the ’70s: It’s hard to believe I matriculated to sweet little Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio – “America’s Quiet Surprise” – 28 years ago. I had just turned 17 and in retrospect was too young, but that’s another story. Springfield was …

Note the festive Halloween pic up in the spotlight box above and here: Lily, Dawn and I designed and carved it (Lily didn’t actually wield any cutlery, being newly 4 and all) and then Dawn took the cool digital photo outside (it’s really warm here) and voila! That little white …