Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Shown the Door The chairman of the philosophy department at Marquette University has removed a posted quote from humorist Dave Barry, from the office door of a Ph.D. student. It said, “as Americans we must always remember that we all have a …

Baby Boomers — my generation — bookmark their lives by the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of John F. Kennedy. Where were you? How’d you find out? For those in their teens and twenties, that watermark date is Sept. 11, 2001 — 9/11 — a sunny, humming Indian summer morning in …

A ring-like formation around a distant cluster of galaxies has yielded what may be the first glimpse of a shockwave spawned by either a cosmic collision or interstellar gas. The ring, made up radio signal-emitting arcs, surrounds a rich collection of galaxies known as Abell 3376. It appears to be …

In the annals of good eating, airline food has long ranked up there with school-cafeteria lunches and hospital chow. In other words, it tastes suspiciously like an airplane restroom smells at the end of a nine-hour flight. So when Delta Airlines unveiled a new line of meals this August, created …

The dishonest media, part 99, that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” What I’m about to tell you is unbelievable but true. As “Talking Points” pointed out on Monday, the most important thing about the Dan Rather/CBS News situation is that fired producer Mary Mapes (search) was …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! First, a quick note: The show will air from New York City Wednesday night. I move around so much it must seem like I am running away from creditors! Second, a note from the Kennedy Space …

Beyonce | A-List Music Party | Simply Red Beyonce: She Didn’t Write The Songs Vanity Fair finally puts a solo African-American on its cover, and doesn’t do any fact checking. Beyonce Knowles, who’s full of sass and has a striking voice, actually thinks she’s a songwriter. She says so in …

Think quick: What’s the difference between Kitty Kelly (search) and Edward Klein? (search) Kitty can get on TV shows to talk about her books. Ed’s having a devil of a time doing the same with his. Double standard? I don’t know. Here’s what I do know: Kitty wasted no time …

Your Grrrs…. Melissa in Montgomery, Ala., in response to Keith O. from last week’s “Your GRRS”:First of all, Keith O. needs to realize that Natalee Holloway is 18, not 8. And he must not have children that age, otherwise he would know that ordering kids to use the buddy system …

Although Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (search) will probably go down in history as one of the justices who sided with President Bush in the contested 2000 election, his true legacy may well reveal him to be a uniter on a deeply divided court. “It’s a strong competition between him …