The Daily Vampire

Greetings to our blog readers in Croatia, Norway and New Zealand. And, to those of you who have the misfortune of being on death row in Hu...

Today, we quote president James A. Garfield (1831-1881), who was president for a mere six months before being assassinated by a very troub...

If one takes the Mental Floss "Name All 43 Presidents Quiz," we have a feeling Rutherford B. Hayes, a one-term Republican presid...

Today, we continue our long-running Rabbit Ears Quiz series with a look at "M*A*S*H, which is arguably the most popular television sh...

Today's Quote of the Day, not to be confused with our Quote of the Week (yes, they are basically the same thing) comes from the great No...

Here are the last ten films I've seen; I will write a brief commentary on some of the films after they have been listed: 1. "The Ti...

Since we are against capital punishment, this quote is quite poignant. Dustin Hoffman, who is now obviously a much older man (I think he is ...

The case of Angel Diaz, who was 55 when executed on Dec. 13, 2006, made national headlines because the lethal injection process required a s...

This list was actually compiled by Akorra.com rather than myself even though I am a staunch death penalty opponent, and I have made no secre...

According to a tweet from NPRNews, both Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor were two of the three justices who we...

I must profess that the Top 10 Most Controversial Books of all time list that I found on 712educators.com actually cited "The Adventure...

The Iranian lawyer Mohammed Mostafaei is seeking political asylum Turkey, where he is now residing. Mostafaie has been a diligent human righ...

Since it will be Bastille Day in France next week (July 14th is the French day of independence), which is coincidentally a day of jubilation...

The State of Utah is planning to execute its first inmate since Joseph Mitchell Parsons in 1999 tonight (after midnight, Utah time). A five-...

In what may be the first of an alarming trend, Virginia's newly elected, arch-conservative Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) will in all likelihood...