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Yes, we know it sounds hard to believe, but a man in Erie, Pennsylvania, has apparently managed to set fire to a vial of salt water with a self-built radio frequency generator. When John Kanzius tried to desalinate seawater with a device he had created to (supposedly) treat cancer, he found he could keep the water burning like a candle as long as it was exposed to the proper frequencies. Not surprisingly, many in the scientific community initially dismissed Kanzius' claim as a hoax. However, when Rustum Roy - a professor of chemistry at Penn State University - took him...

The current scandal involving the BBC is just the tip of a very large iceberg. Its cutting-room trickery designed to make the British queen appear fractious and ridiculous was all just a regrettable mistake says the BBC. Cynics, on the other hand, might think that this ‘mistake' chimes rather too coincidentally with the British chattering class' disdain for monarchy. This was tacky journalism for sure but not, you might think, anything too sinister. The really big lie however is the one that says that this particular piece of manipulation is just an unfortunate lapse in the BBC's normally impeccable standards...

0/06/2006 | 12:34 Russian bombers passed aviation tower unnoticed The flight tower at Keflavík airport was seemingly unaware of two Russian bombers that flew through Icelandic airspace last Friday. This is claimed by Hjördís Gudmundsdóttir, press officer of the Icelandic Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCAA), although the Minister for Foreign Affairs has made claims to the contrary. RÚV online reports. Gudmundsdóttir says that the DCAA only registers aircraft that have their radars on, and this is not always the case with military aircraft. This was an unusual incident, as Icelandic aviation authorities are usually notified of military rehearsals near the...

Mexican President Vicente Fox is hailing the Senate's passage of immigration reform legislation that contains sweeping new rights for illegal aliens as a reward for Mexicans. "They fought for it," Fox said Friday at a breakfast meeting with California business leaders. "They earned what they got yesterday," he added. In a speech to the California legislature after the bill's passage on Thursday, Mr. Fox sounded downright ecstatic. "Today's historic vote is a monumental step forward," he declared. "This is a moment that millions of [Mexican] families have been hoping for. This is the moment that millions of people have been...

Rockin' the Right The 50 greatest conservative rock songs. By John J. Miller EDITOR’S NOTE: This week on NRO, we’ve been rolling out the first five and now all 50 songs from a list John J. Miller compiled that appears in the June 5 issue of National Review . Here’s a look at #1 and get the whole list—complete with purchasing links—here. On first glance, rock ’n’ roll music isn’t very conservative. It doesn’t fare much better on second or third glance (or listen), either. Neil Young has a new song called “Let’s Impeach the President.” Last year, the Rolling...