I'm starting to think this OWS thing is going to be incredibly productive after all. Now that their carbon-guzzling generators have bee...

Experiments in self-rule right here within our borders. The OWS kitchen staff are "angry about working 18-hour days to provide food f...

File under, "Sometimes the real world is far more amusing that my darkest fantasies": The Richmond tea party is demanding a refund...

We've spoken of Greece.  The United States, though, is no Greece.  We'll do what's right to get things in order on our own.  So,...

... an end of 'peace and prosperity.' Chancellor Merkel's remarks were well-chosen.  The newspaper got the message loud an...

There's a subtle weakness in this argument.

Apparently Axe body spray discovered the perils of marketing to the wrong segment .  It worked at first, then... The problem was, the ads...

Is it worse to use  violent metaphors , or to use them badly? "The Last Bullet.... [but] The Cartridge is Almost Empty." So it...

Er, another one. This is an interesting piece, one relevant to  the argument against social contract theory as a source of political legit...

Who is in charge here? The European: That brings us back to the indeterminacy and complexity of the human mind. Can computers ever replace ...

Answer this question : Linda, 31, is a philosophy major who went to Berkeley. She is deeply concerned with social justice and discriminat...

He called out from his occupation -- actually, apparently they applied for a permit through Christmas or so -- to tell me that he liked my b...

...I keep waiting to hear something from our friend Bill, who surely has some thoughts on all this.  He said he wanted to be there when they...

There was more than one, actually.  You may enjoy watching this video, complete with Big Band music, of   airshows featuring captured Nazi a...

It's magic ... Cain’s “conception, gestation, and birth all occurred within” the year 1945 (his words in quotes). 1945 was also when ...

If you're going to defend a strongpoint against enemy forces you're going to need to deal with field hygiene.   The Romans had ...

Wikipedia tells me jack-o-lanterns traditionally were carved from turnips. Pumpkins became popular in the New World, being larger, easier t...

Did you know the original for this one?  It's from 1927. More likely you know this one. And most likely, you know this one. ...

So, you folks from the '80s:  Blues Brothers , or Spy Hunter ? Actually, it's from the '50s, originally by Henry Mancini. ...