Like many people, I'm keeping an eye on the Wu Flu news.  It's not a nice bug, but so far it's not looking like a truly horrible...

Fr. Brad Sweet has penned a rather interesting article on his thoughts on why we see some men drawn to neo-paganism and away from the Cathol...

Good gracious . It reminds me of this old post , except the Saudis are less obvious about using us as fertility gods. Less obvious: note a...

Wretchard on the Chinese virus as a threat to the elite .

I sure enjoyed this article about mating dynamics and politics.

Project Gutenberg, where I spend so much time online, is apolitical except on one designated "Political" forum.  The politics ther...

Corb covers AC/DC: Ian Tyson was a Canadian Country musician from the '50s on. Neil Young, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan all recorded...

How's this for a headline? "French firefighters set themselves alight and start fighting against police." The pictures are...

A study on likeability , especially in politics but with ramifications for the workplace and in general. According to a study published in T...

The Guardian may have set a record for closeness of approximation to that famous satirical headline.

One last time at the EU Parliament, Nigel Farage makes his point about why the EU project is bad. Then, just at the end, the chairwoman m...

Too much " research " is tax-funded resume-buffing and policy-bolstering. This dilemma reminds me of the "government is the...

A political ad that is more effective than most.

A genetic map of the Scottish population, superimposed upon a set of maps of Dark Age kingdoms, shows that the population has changed littl...

If you want an experience less Scottish and more Icelandic , enjoy this video. Be sure to watch the parts about the cuisine. I don...

Women are overcoming their shyness and taking up positions of power in Aceh province: Here, public whipping remains a common punishment for...

There's a news story that surgical masks are selling out across the US as people prepare for a feared incursion by the Chinese coronavi...

As longtime readers know, I am a life-long Democrat.  The part of the party to which I was attached was the oldest part, but it has largely ...

Arkansas decides to update its statuary .