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Ride waves like the pros on the Taloa III boogie board from Morey ($216; moreybodyboards.com) It features a graphite rod that provides more power against rough surf, and a crescent tail that offers more control in the water. Beginners can try the Morey Baja ($62), which includes both a wrist leash--so your board won't sail away when you tumble under a wave--and a How 2 Bodyboard...
...family ties thicker than political ones? Not in Illinois when a Governor nearing a re-election campaign is pitted against a street-smart ward politico who happens to be his father-in-law. The simmering feud between Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his wife's father, Chicago alderman Dick Mell, reached a boiling point last week. In a press conference, the Governor lashed out at his in-law amid reports that a grand jury is investigating allegations by Mell that Blagojevich's administration traded jobs for campaign contributions. Blagojevich denied the charges and asserted that the investigation was started only...
...were appointed by Republicans, and G.O.P. appointees account for the majority of judges on 10 of the 13 federal appeals courts, Scarborough and others believe the bench is the last bastion of liberalism. Like so many of his preaching peers--from D. James Kennedy in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Rod Parsley near Columbus, Ohio--Scarborough believes that "activist" judges have imposed their personal beliefs by creating new rights on abortion, gay marriage and pornography that aren't expressly stated in the Constitution. They say those same judges have also restricted freedom of religion by, for example, ordering the removal...
...named to head the office, he would become a Cardinal the next time a new batch were promoted to the title. The Congregation oversees all issues related to theology and the maintenance of Church orthodoxy. In his nearly quarter-century in the post, Cardinal Ratzinger became a lightening rod for reformist critics of John Paul II's papacy...
...know I was capable of." On the track Tin Pan Valley - an electrifying mix of synth pulses, slide guitar and some good old heavy-metal thunder - he rails against musicians who "live on former glory," "flirt with cabaret" and "fake the rebel yell." A shot across the bow at Rod Stewart and Mick Jagger? Plant will only hint that Tin Pan Valley is about "where I might have gone if I picked up too many gongs." Now the craggy-faced star just has to convince a cynical public that his songs don't remain the same. "When people open...