The weather outside is frightful

And, while it’s warm inside, I’d hesitate to say it’s delightful. Actually, the weather looks a lot better now than...

James Randi has bypass surgery

James Randi underwent bypass surgery last Thursday. He is currently in stable condition. He is receiving excellent care, but will...

Canada unveils huge wildlife park

Canada has unveiled a 16-million acre preserve, including parkland teeming with grizzly bears, wolves and wild salmon in the ancestral...

Tory MPs riled by Harper’s outsiders

Members of the Conservative caucus squirmed in public and seethed in private yesterday, trying to come to grips with Prime...

The universe in a box

The problem with cosmology as a science is that cosmologists have only one universe to observe. Science works best when...

Charging for “certified” email

Yeah, just what I need. A certified email about penis enlargement. Two things about this: 1. Now spammers can easily...

Joint Chiefs Fire At Toles Cartoon

In a protest with an unusual number of high-level signatures, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and each...

Rolling Stone interview with James Blunt

On July 10th, 2005, James Blunt was in Switzerland when he got the call saying that his debut album, Back...

Celery + Gravity = Art Frahm

It is unfair to judge Art Frahm by these illustrations. He did many that were much, much worse. (And better,...

The Eve of A New Beginning

First launching players into the deepest folds of outer space in 2003, Eve Online has captivated the imagination of tens...