The end of wealth
Michael Kountouris, Greece Reprinted here with full permission of Cagle Cartoons
The sad state of science in the United States
In the September 19, 2008 Editorial of Science (available only to subscribers online), Normal R. Augustine reports lots of sobering news regarding the state of science in the U.S. Here's a sampling: The United States ranks 16th and 20th among nations in college and high-school graduation rates, respectively; 60th in…
John McCain keeps pretending that he didn’t support George W. Bush
Frank Rich makes this point in the NYT: McCain has been a strong supporter of the policies of George W. Bush: Why didn’t McCain run against President Bush four years ago — as he had four years before that? Instead McCain campaigned for Bush’s re-election, cheered for Bush policies he…
U.S. Dollar afloat
Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City
Excerpts from “Network”
This is a YouTube complilation based on a speech made from the 1976 movie Network. This tube is the gospel . . . Television is a god-damned amusement park . . . you're never going to get any truth from us . . . Turn off your TV. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIq46PYxveg&NR=1[/youtube] Related…