There are 52 days until Christmas. Depending on your perspective, 52 days might sound like forever, or like no time at all. Either way, the Christmas season is upon us again, most especially in the commercial world.

In the book “WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency,” Micah L. Sifry chronicles the history of the modern transparency movement, pointing out that it has had proponents and detractors on both sides of the aisle. That’s despite the fact that pretty much everyone can agree that a more transparent government is something that would benefit all members of society.

On Oct. 13, a 2-year-old girl was run over twice by a van and once more by a truck on the streets of Guangfo Hardware Market in Huangqi of Foshan, a city in central Guangdong province in southern China.

It has come to the attention of the Noble NoZe Brotherhood that an article that ran in last month’s installment of the award -winning Rope was racially insensitive. This was not our intent, but regardless The Brotherhood would like to apologize to the Baylor community.

McLennan Community College offers “minimester” courses during the winter, but Baylor does not. That needs to change.

I’ve been reading the blog for the Occupy Wall Street movement. And for the most part, I agree with the debt-owing disgruntled.