My beloved Detroit

Presented: A vision of Socialism Lite. Won't it be fun when we get to the real thing? When the elites---who are wiser than us---relieve us of the awful burden of…

Gotta fear them crazy GIs

An AP article claims "Militia movement resurfaces across U.S." (link here; though this story differs from the one I read in the San Jose Mercury News). How did they come…

I don’t want to eat protein

I suppose it was inevitable. People have been watching their 'carbs' for years, or 'carbo loading' before running a race. When I was a kid, only chemists knew what a…

Carbon coaching

In one Seinfeld episode, Kramer has joined the annual Manhattan AIDS walk but has refused to wear the symbolic twisted red ribbon. He is confronted by an angry group of…

Blasphemy Contest winner announced

Still settling in here in the land of endless (and depressing) sunshine. More on climategate coming shortly. Two months ago, the Center for Inquiry sponsored a Blasphemy Contest. The results…

Mammogram wrap-up

We're all tired of this topic, and unless I hear something especially goofy from the peanut gallery, this will be my last word on this subject (for the time being,…