Radley Balko lists some politicians who actually defended freedom, liberty and the American way in 2003. Read the full story.

Jesus wants your soul. He also wants your hard drive. Or at least that's what the writer of the "It Take Guts to Say Jesus" virus hoax would have readers believe.

This hoax is ancient -- I got my first copy back in 1998, and it's actually the e-mail that inspired me to launch Nuketown's hoax debunking section. I received dozens of these e-mails from well meaning friends, and I finally snapped and decided to do something about it. Of course, years later these hoaxes -- even this one -- are still circulating, but I think Nuketown has played at least a small part in stemming the tide of idiocy.

I got the Frozen Throne expansion for Warcraft III for Christmas, and I'm finding myself happily addicted to it all over again.