Update This is back in the news. This (lightly edited) post originally appeared 28 February 2012. Academic philosophers Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva—shockingly working in Australia1, a land where commonsense was once […]
Academics Call For The Killing Of Babies In “After-Birth” Abortions
EPA’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan
The EPA has asked for my advice.1 They will not listen to, or harken, or act on this advice, but asking for it gives them a sense that they have participated in […]
7-Year-Old Suspended For Carrying Unlicensed Pop Tart: Update
Did you feel it? The latest lurch towards insanity happened in Baltimore, where seven-year-old Josh Welch was suspended from school for eating a Pop Tart. Turns out he bit off just the […]
What Day Most Changed History?
Such was the title of The Atlantic’s “The Big Question” column of March, 2013. This is the sort of piece one finds uppermost in the toilet’s magazine rack. So now you know […]
On Dowsing—Guest Post by Ray Kidd
I dug a one-meter square test pit outside an 18th century ruined cottage. A “dowser” invited to test his powers stood beside the pit dangling a bob on a string. It swung […]
Science Can Tell If You’re A Racist Just By Looking At You
George Carlin used to advise those who wanted to avoid jury duty to tell the judge, “Don’t worry about me, your honor. I can tell guilty people—<snap!>—just like that!” We had a […]
The Second & Third Most Depressing Graphs: The Encroachment Of Government
Update This stays top for today because we’re still waiting for some regulars to chime in and because I’m busy. Here is federal government spending as a fraction of the GDP (in […]
The Most Depressing Graph: Per Capita Federal Spending Rises Alarmingly: Update
There is no more saddening picture of the progress of government than this one (the second & third most depressing graphs are here): This is the amount of money the federal government […]
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