Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

When I saw that headline on the Foreign Policy magazine website, I just had to read the entire article, written by David Rothkopf. You can ...

One of my favorite guilty pleasure TV shows when I was growing up was Mission: Impossible . It was exciting, exotic, and you always knew tha...

My friend and co-worker Andy sent me a link the other day to a very interesting game sponsored by the USC Annenberg Center for Communication...

Off to the races ... Nearly 200 people are dead and over 400 missing after a tropical storm battered the Philippines; a fraternity chapter ...

This is the time of year for making lists. Santa makes his and checks it twice, and the rest of us make our own lists of the gifts we would ...

I have a long list of things about which to write, but I just couldn't pass up this one ... not least because it requires very little wo...

The end of the year is traditionally a time for summing up, for looking back over the past 12 months and taking stock of where we've bee...

First things first ... From the Department of With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies comes this story: Saudi Arabia Executes Woman Accus...

We are now officially into the Christmas season, which began unofficially in most major retail establishments just after the Fourth of July....

Are there expressions you're sick unto death of hearing all the time? Phrases that have lost all meaning because of overuse and are now ...