Postum hokum...   I wonder how many of my readers remember Postum , the breakfast drink?  We had it in our home when I was growing up, and...

$558 million?  What?!?  Where's my share???   This study , and especially the graph at right showing the sources of this funding, is ...

The sun, as imaged in various wavelengths...   Via APOD , of course.  The colored wedges show longer-to-shorter wavelengths as you move cl...

The NSA bought RSA's collusion...   And for just $10 million, apparently .  From the story (which is missing much detail), it appears th...

No margin for error here...   I used to skydive (and would love to again), but I would never consider doing this...

Early photos of Japan...   These are hand-colored albumen prints , thought to be from the 1880s.  One example at right, ten more here .  T...

Merry Christmas from KHS...

Stereotype fail...   The young woman at right recently graduated at the top of her medical school class.  She happens to be an Arab and a ...

Curiosity's wheels are wearing faster than expected...   Nothing this administration does seems to work well, or as expected :)

The Age of Intolerance...   Mark Steyn, describing current times .  A sample: It is not enough to have gay marriage for gays. Everything m...

Surprised?  Not me...   The NSA domestic spying thwarted exactly zero terrorist attacks .  The administration's justifications for thi...

A Christmas Carol...   From Reason , by Remy...

Oh, come on – surely they're not that stupid?   Apparently when it comes to ObamaCare and IT, they are .  Megan McArdle agrees .  There...

I wonder if I could get this engraved on my pistol?   Seems like a good message to send an intruder, assuming they can read English.  Mig...

WWII memorials in Yugoslavia...   Some of these are pretty darned weird. ..

Even more ?   Yes, it's true – a high-level administration official (Teresa Fryer, Chief Information Security Officer for the Centers fo...

Slouching toward bankruptcy...   Another top-notch article in Reason by Veronique de Rugy , this time on the coming Social Security disaste...

What comes after epic?   Full-screen for this one, folks!

The Girls of Atomic City ...   I meant to write about this a few days ago, and just plain forgot.  This is another great book I finished ear...

Need good references for a job?   They're for sale .  Good grief!  I'll bet this sort of thing was also available before the Intern...