300 foot sinkhole in the middle of Guatemala City
I didn't know that a sinkhole this size was possible. But here it is, right in the middle of Guatemala City. This makes me wonder what you can do to deal with a hole this big.
“Rapture Wreaks Havoc On Local Book Club”
Anyone familiar with The Onion already knows the publisher of this sad story. The headlines are often the best part of the story, and that's not to sleight the stories. Or check out this story: "MLB No Longer Accepting New Players" I don't know how those guys do it so well…
James Fallows to Dick Cheney: “Shut up.”
Who's the best person to lecture China on a recent test that suggests China's interest in militarizing outer space? According to James Fallows, it's not Dick Cheney.
Bloggers challenge corporate journalists to do real journalism
Marty Kaplan comments on a report by Glenn Greenwald from the National Press Club this week. One panelist, Newsweek's Richard Wolffe responded to criticism by bloggers that journalists are not doing their job: Our role is to ask questions and get information. It's not a chance for the opposition to…
Carl Sagan on the failure of many religions to consider the rest of the universe
Carl Sagan's new article can be found in the March/April 2007 edition of Skeptical Inquirer. It is titled "Science's Vast Cosmic Perspective Eludes Religion." Well, okay. As you know, Carl Sagan died of pneumonia in 1996. This "new" article was actually prepared by Ann Druyan, based on lectures Sagan gave…