This post originally ran 31 August 2009. Everybody knows that a prime number is one which can only be evenly divided by itself and 1. Thus, for example, 13 is prime because […]

It’s the time of year when people begin asking the very pertinent question: How does Santa Claus do it? How does he get all those presents to all those kids in just […]

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Headline Students bark in protest to save the trees. Seems Western Michigan University was going to cut down some trees. Students duly went outside and barked. Anything to avoid studying—which is racist, […]

The Wall Street Journal speaks! Hillary Will Run Again: Reinventing herself as a liberal firebrand, Mrs. Clinton will easily capture the 2020 nomination. Get ready for Hillary Clinton 4.0. More than 30 […]

Now I get many emails—where by many I mean a non-negative number—asking, Briggs, what is your favorite song and how can I help write new verses for it? Glad you asked. Here […]

Time to lighten things up a bit, if only for a day. First, a palate cleanser, before we get to the main event. This, and a slew of other similar videos, proves […]