Steve McIntyre keeps plugging along, shedding more and more light on the otherwise completely opaque calculations (and machinations) of the...

NASA's Great Observatories observes a pair of tangled galaxies . I can't help but wonder what it would be like to be an inhabitant...

They're being used by police in Europe to suss out Muslim harassers.  Neo-neocon has some thoughts ...

Via Tom B.:  Steve Wynn is CEO of Wynn Resorts, one of the most successful resort developers in Las Vegas and many other places around the w...

Iowahawk does it again.  A sample: Amid the growing crisis, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered a SWAT team of negotiators from the ci...

Recently Obama declined to address the Boy Scouts at their 2010 National Jamboree, opting instead to appear on a television show ( The View ...

Via Clay M., this beautiful wide-angle panorama , with the center of the photo looking straight down!  I would love to have the gear and so...

And it's such a lovely thing!  Last night the temperature dipped to 52°F, and the humidity went all the way to 100% (we were probably fo...

Via my mom: Why Some Men Have Dogs And Not Wives: The later you are, the more excited your dogs are to see you. Dogs don't notice ...

It's a joke, mom. I love the look of pure joy on the grandma's face near the end...

Our roofing contractor sent along the photo at right, showing some of the dormer vents that will be on our new roof.  He's fabricated te...

Interesting read about brain differences between cultures ...

From Peggy Noonan: Inner pessimism and powerlessness: That is a dangerous combination. Read the whole thing .

Megan McCardle calls it: If you want to know why us libertarian types are skeptical of the government's ability to prevent housing mar...

The backdrop is the accusation by Congressman John Lewis, earlier this year, that the “N word” had been hurled at him by angry Tea Party mem...

And it ain't half bad, either.  Very political message...

Totally safe for work.  Watch it before you start thinking that my blog is going to the dogs... Eva Mendes Sex Tape from Eva Mendes S...

Empty.  Six quarts of “hummer juice” consumed by scads of hummingbirds yesterday.  The two quart-sized oriole feeders were less than one th...

Google's Wave is an interesting product that I've been following (and using) for more than a year.  It's hard to describe it – ...