Would someone please explain the following to me? Bush and his Republican pals tell us that the reason they want to keep American troops in Iraq because they want to "fight the terrorists over there, so we don't have to fight them over here," Where, exactly, is the logic in…
Whether the topic is Iraq, religion, discrimination, or even the scientific theory of evolution, you can likely find a use for John B. S. Haldane's description of the four stages of acceptance of ideas: i) this is worthless nonsense; ii) this is an interesting, but perverse, point of…
I just laughed when I read this article about the new "all-you-can-eat" seats at Dodger Stadium. For one price, fans get all the hotdogs, nachos, popcorn, peanuts and soda they can consume, and the fans are...sorry for the pun...eating it up. One fan interviewed for the article (and I don't imagine he's…
These stats are mind-boggling. The U.S. is not a good place to have access to a fast or reasonably priced Internet connection: The average broadband download speed in the US is only 1.9 megabits per second, compared to 61 Mbps in Japan, 45 Mbps in South Korea, 18 Mbps in…
Congressional weasels...er, I mean Democrats...voted this week to 'stay the course' in Iraq, despite the fact that many were elected on promises to bring American troops home. Instead, many caved in to the Republican motto that "support American troops" means "keep them in Iraq." Yes, the same Republican party that calls…