Justin Gardner at Donklephant is impressed with Barack Obama’s suggestion that people adequately maintain their cars and keep their tires properly inflated to increase their gas mileage. He is unimpressed with the proposal to increase offshore oil drilling (memo to… Continue Reading
Just over a year ago, Brian Sapient of the Rational Response Squad and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit against spoon-bending Israeli psychic Uri Geller and his corporation, Explorologist. Sapient had prepared and posted a video showing skeptic James… Continue Reading
Read, if you dare, a compelling illustration of how religion, child abuse, and rank bigotry can be melded together and glossed over by a congregation that sees only an outward expression of piety rather than a rotten core. The worst… Continue Reading
About two month ago, I mused that with available statistics, it appeared that gay couples were twenty times less likely to marry, now that they have been given the opportunity to do so. I pointed out that this did not… Continue Reading
Based on a comment I made at Right Wing Nut House earlier this morning: It should not be news to anyone that the People’s Republic of China is a repressive, brutal regime which is the largest and most dangerous relic… Continue Reading
A private prosecution has been undertaken in England against a London art gallery that is exhibiting a statue of Jesus with an erection underneath his robes. Christians, do yourself a favor — don’t click on the link unless you really… Continue Reading
Who can help you beat the rap of an obscenely large possession charge? If you live in Redondo Beach, Dr. William S. Eidelman, M.D. can, with some patently astonishing testimony. You know, I say “legalize it,” but if the appellate… Continue Reading
Capuchins are small monkeys endemic to the rain forests of Colombia, Venezuela, and the Central American isthmus. They look like the fellow to the left, an adult male, who is about two feet long, not counting his long tail. Cute.… Continue Reading
The progress of retail chain expansion marches on in Georgia.
I’ve long noticed and been bemused by the tendency of Southern Californians, myself included, to refer to freeways with the definite article preceding the assigned highway number, as in “The 405” or “The 10.” Elsewhere in the country, people refer… Continue Reading