Some NYT lib is congratulating himself on surviving a house whose thermostat he set to 45 degrees F . The lowest the thermostat would go was...

Compared to what?  Letting experts decide how the rest of us should allocate our own resources to research?

Amazing what they knew how to do in the old days.

Aftenposten sends three young fashion bloggers to work in the Cambodian sweatshops where their favorite garments are made.

This time in Yemen . More recently in September 2014 Obama hailed Yemen, along with Somalia, as a model of the kind of “small footprint” a...

I mean, I know we all oppose doing it, but what's the principle that justifies savings not being taxed that is consistent with our curr...

Ollie North hits one out of the park .

Yes, I have been cogitating on the difficulty of sustaining evidence-based scientific beliefs in human society.  Why do you ask? There is...

Great moments in transparency : DAVOS, Switzerland -- The trade rules of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the U.S. and...

No doubt "there will be a price " for Netanyahu's addressing the Congress without the President's blessing, but who will p...

Johann Hari argues that the "chemical hooks" model of addiction is all wet.  What, for instance, explains why addiction to gambli...

What happens when journalists consider it their duty , not to report the truth, but to prevent facts from being misused by the enemies of so...

FiveThirtyEight, defending New York from the accusation of being the most corrupt state in the Union, provides four standards for corruption...

Meaning Governor Nathan Deal, my governor, who has for some reason vanished off the face of the earth . Here’s what we know: Deal left Georg...

Jonah Goldberg: When Hillary Clinton & Co. talk about how “it takes a village to raise a child” they’re invoking wisdom from what P. J...

I don't get over to Ace's place all that often, but D29 pointed me there today. I can understand the irritation, which boils down...

This quiz promises to be "EXTREMELY accurate" about your spirit animal . I have some questions about how that is measured, but fo...

Perhaps the NRA should open a branch in Nigeria . This story is very much in line with their historical activities -- not that anyone know...

I hesitate to link Matt Taibbi's petulant " review " of "American Sniper"--really a complaint about the dumb audienc...

Hey, you know what really matters to me? The opinions of sports reporters on things other than sports . A story you personally took on last...