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The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) has been as usual observing and reporting on all things great and small in this great nation of ours and beyond. So far 2009 has been a curious year, with a new president taking the reins of a government and [...]

The Department of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) has, as always, been monitoring the news and general trends in America and the greater world beyond. It seems that being an incompetent executive is a safe career path only if you are in charge of gigantic [...]

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) has been following the news diligently, which is what we do around here, seeking signs that our nation is coming together to solve a very vexing set of problems. So far there’s not a huge body of [...]

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) has been carefully monitoring the news for signs that the worldwide economic meltdown is lifting. So far, no good. The news seems to be all bad, with even the one half of one percent of the population that [...]

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) has been keeping an eye on developments in this still relatively new year: 2009, A.D. We use the old A.D. (Anno Domini) reference to the year since no one has decided conclusively whether the proper [...]

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) lauds incoming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for deflecting a question about peace in the Middle East. At her confirmation hearing today before The United States Senate, she told her former colleagues [...]

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO), seeking respite from what feels like an unrelenting torrent of depressing news, has embarked on a study of the unusual. For example, in Nigeria, authorities have been cracking down on motorcyclists trying [...]

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) is back on the job after the holidays and is happy to report that 2009 has a familiar feel to it. Israel and Palestine have thoughtfully provided the world with a heaping helping of what they do best; hating [...]

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) has been busy investigating cultural differences between nations. For example, the guy who threw his shoes at President Bush The Younger the other day in Baghdad has served to remind us that there are many [...]

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) has once again been reminded that scientists are out to horn in our turf, the pointing out of the readily apparent. Tired of the pressure to do the hard work necessary to bring new and delightful scientific [...]