Ever wonder what happens when the inside of your grill gets wet? Google has the answer! http://www.google.com/search?q=what+to+do+if+inside+of+a+grill+gets+wet

Our 10yr old TV blew up a couple of weeks ago and we had to bring forward the whole HD purchasing decision. I sent the missus out to buy an HDMI cable at Best Buy and she came back with … Continue reading →

Imagine that someone could stick your head in an MRI and look into your brain to see what’s going on. Now imagine that, when you look at a particular image, certain patterns show up on the MRI. Maybe a clever … Continue reading →

Every flight in the world in 72 seconds.

There is a campaign among the military-industrialists to set a floor on defense spending at 4% of GDP as “the only way we can stop the inexorable slide of national defense.” This article argues why percentage of GDP is the … Continue reading →

Bailouts in perspective: Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $237 billion S&L Crisis: Cost: $153 billion, … Continue reading →

The blogosphere is positively throbbing with indignation over Kathleen Parker’s column in the post where she coined a lively new phrase for the branch of the Republican party that most troubles the rest of us: To be more specific, the … Continue reading →

Remember the Iraq War? Now that Bush and Maliki have agreed on the timetable for withdrawal that amounted to surrender back when democrats supported it, Andy McCarthy, in the Nation Review, suddenly notices that INCONVENIENT FACT: THE IRAQIS DON’T LIKE … Continue reading →

Skepticblog is usually pretty good. Like this post about the Shermer’s trip to a TED-alike conference in Mexico. Then the evolutionary biologist David Barash spoke about redirected aggression, recounting a story about how when his horse kicked his dog, his … Continue reading →