Miscellaneous.

Perhaps the royals ought to forget about military duty for a while.

His dad is proud of him.
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Single-sex education should be thrown in the garbage can where it belongs.

Next thing you know we will be back to racially-segregated public schools.

Idiots who advocate this look at the hoity-toity elite private academies and all-women colleges, mostly for the rich, to point out their dubious claim they benefit women.

The single-sex thing has nothing to do with achievement. If you're a daughter of the filty rich or politically-connected parents, you have a BUILT IN ADVANTAGE. It has nothing to do with the "superiority" of the school but has everything to do with the connections those elite schools have.
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The Las Vegas mystery of the ricin case continues, although authorities say there is no evidence of a terrorist plot.

Given the fact this stuff is deadly, completely deadly, why would anybody have it?
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Prince Harry insists he's no hero, and he's fucking pissed off to be back in Britain, thanks to Matt Drudge outing where he was.
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The Iditarod started today.
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