Heartbreaker is the kind of romantic comedy that Hollywood doesn't seem to know how to make anymore - one that's actually both witty and romantic,... […]

Chibi certainly isn't your average 9-year-old mutt. The first year after David Williams of Redington Beach, Florida rescued the homeless puppy wasn't an easy one, Bay News 9 reports. At first, Chibi was a disobedient handful, so Williams began teaching her tricks like spinning around and jumping through hoops to help channel her feisty energy. Near […]

Dear Mr. Gates and Mr. Buffett: Your charitable initiatives via the Gates Foundation and your efforts to persuade other billionaires to match your generosity are... […]

Ever heard of a private security contractor name Paravant? XPG? No? Well, that's just as Blackwater, the parent company of Paravant, XPG and dozens... […]

The open road beckons with the potential for adventure, and the editors at ShermansTravel.com have presented their favorite American road trips from the West to the East. Some are well-known destinations and others are off-the-beaten path. Several are steeped in history, while a few pursue remote, wild beauty. Best of all, most of these routes make for splen […]

With two country independents backing Gillard, the Labor party will now pass the only threshold needed in Australia to form government – a majority on the floor of House. There is no other test, there is no other requisite, there is no other qualification needed to control the Treasury benches. But this constitutional reality will not […]

Inspired by a weird little exchange on Twitter where I asked “I wonder how different things would have been if John Watkins was made NSW Premier after Bob Carr?”, to which @BronwynHinz replied “I wonder how different things would have been if John Hewson beat Paul Keating in 1993 and Howard never became PM” – […]

OK, so it’s an odd title, but it’s an odd week! First up, it’s worth looking at the two party swing toward and away from the ALP that each seat experienced as a function of the notional ALP two party preferred of that seat heading into the election. If we break them down by state, […]

Over the last 30 years or so, probably longer, the size and distribution of the informal vote that we see at every election can be largely explained by a handful of variables – with the election on Saturday being no exception. The first of these variables is ballot length – the number of candidates we see […]

One of the big questions floating around the post-election limbo dance is whether ALP State government and state party parliamentary performance had an impact on the ALP results in the federal election. If we look at the two party preferred margin of the State ALP parties at their most recent poll (all Newspoll here except for […]

Holy animated Australian election news from Taiwan, Batman! […]