Peggy nails it .

If you're a libertarian or conservative in California, you can't help but feel like you're living in a loony bin.  Sometimes rea...

Seems a little expensive , doesn't it?  This is what happens when political theater becomes more important than, like, actual results. ...

Last night I enjoyed a nice glass of wine – a Spanish wine, new to me, that was a gift from a friend and colleague.  It was delicious, and p...

When the government steals takes as taxes such a high percentage of your income, how do you encourage the kids to follow the classic Americ...

Heh !

Doctor Zero has a nice one ...

Nearly half (47%) of all American households pay zero income tax .  If you're not one of them (as we most certainly are not!), think ...

The longer I spend amongst my fellow workers who are extroverts (as so many are), the more I realize that the way they “process their world”...

The company I get paid to play work for is doing very well ...

For the programmers amongst my readers (via Aleck L.):

The image at right, of a sunken Russian submarine , was made entirely with sonar data.  Thirty five years ago, when I was in the Navy, we...

That is not a blue spiral, but rather concentric blue circles ...

Steve McIntyre does what he does best : analyzes temperature data and follows the ClimateGate email trail to expose in detail the games that...

Of all people, the usually mindlessly progressive Juan Williams has a surprisingly level-headed piece on Tea Parties in the WSJ...

Poignant story of Olga Grushin's reactions to the news of the recent bombings in Russia.  She's living in America, but her parents ...

The video below shows a robot , a “copy” of a flesh-and-blood human .  While it's not a perfect replica, it's far better than the an...

We've not felt any aftershocks at our home, but as you can see from the map at right there have been a great many of them (all much smal...

We just felt a strong earthquake – lots of sideways motion, subsonic rumbling, and of quite long duration (about 45 seconds at a guess).  Th...

I haven't watched a movie for months, but here's one I think I might enjoy.  When it comes out on DVD, I'm gonna get it: