This evening, as every evening, around 6:30 pm I walked outside to take the dogs for the just-before-bedtime walk.  This is something they l...

The photo at right (click to enlarge) was taken from a U.S. Air Force UAV.  It shows the Haitian National Cathedral, almost entirely in ruin...

No matter what your take on Brown vs. Coakley, you've got to admit that this is one hell of a campaign ad: Lots of dollars are being ...

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...who thinks the ISS is a multi-billion dollar waste of money, waiting to rain down junk upon our heads.  Michael Benson has a proposal: se...

Dorothy Rabinowitz has covered the horrendous Amirault case (prosecuted by Coakley) more thoroughly than any other reporter.  Read her impre...

You've most likely heard about the program called “Head Start” that provides many kinds of aid for impoverished pre-school aged kids.  I...

The graph at right (click to enlarge) shows the job losses over time in this recession (in red) as compared with other recessions since Worl...

Most of us can do little beyond the simple contribution of money to help the Haitian people devastated by the earthquake.  If you're lik...

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Geek humor at its finest...

My mornings are very busy these days; I'm handling all the household chores in addition to my usual morning routine, as Debbie is back i...

The video below claims to be 100% computer-generated.  If that's true, it's by far the best I've seen.  Makes me wonder what...

If you're like me, and you go here , you'll be both entertained and repelled, amused and appalled, and you'll have no idea what ...

Via my mom... FIRST BOOK OF GOVERNMENT ... Obama is the shepherd I did not want. He leadeth me beside the still factories. He restoret...

Via my mom: A woman applying for a job in a Florida lemon grove seemed to be far too qualified for the job. The foreman frowned and said,...

An interesting post over on Watts Up With That? about the declining magnetic field strength of the sun's “spots”. Note that the vertic...

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Reader Larry E. sent me this email, which is a nice piece of commentary all on its own: I have a friend that lives on the island of Leyte i...