- Time magazine picked George Bush as their person of the year. Its a good pick, and one I can accept, but I would have picked Karl Rove. Karl Rove predicted, over three years ago, that the key to Bush winning re-election was to crank out the base. He knew right after the 2000 election that firing up the Republican base, and increasing the base by appealing to religious conservatives who didnt vote in the 2000 election would get Georgie re-elected. No person in this country has a better understanding of the geo-political trends and demographics shifts in the American electorate than Karl Rove. Not bad for someone who doesnt have a college degree. Here is an article from the Washington Post about Rove:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/rove072399.htm

- Here are some predictions for 2005 from the writers and editors at the National Review:
http://www.nationalreview.com/symposium/symposium200412300827.asp

- On July 2nd 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared over the Pacific ocean, between Australia and Hawaii. Numerous explorers, scientists, and treasure-hunters have tried to find her plane, but no one has succeeded. Here is an article about the latest attempt to find her, and what may have actually happened to poor Amelia:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/18/hunting.for.earhart.ap/index.html