Incoming

Maybe there are more of us... Than I thought.  The idea of a different health care system is not all that unpalatable to many CEO's. ...

The sole of an artist... Finally a pedestrian approach to classic art that I can embrace: In this contest, you are asked to update an ol...

Sometimes Advil's not enough... As someone who has tried vigorously to make it all the way through "A Brief History of Time"...

Peddling socialism from the right... The election of President Obama has triggered a standard response by opponents to practically every i...

So there I was... Listening to choir music from a "sampler" CD sent me by the music publisher.  It was right before Christmas, s...

Microsoft tries again... And maybe misses again . We loaded the Windows 7 Release Candidate on three systems (two desktops and a laptop) ...

So few... That's how many farms are at risk from the imagined horrors of estate taxation .  I have heard from several "death tax...

Our energy ignorance... The more we know, the less we use .  I suppose it's like actually seeing sausage get made.  Anyhoo, efforts to...

I think I still believe... In the dreams of these space colonies .           [ More ] Two things of note in these idealizations. The b...

Score another one for the Internet... E-bay and free markets have reduced trafficking in ancient artifacts looted from illegal digs. Bac...

Maybe if we didn't eat in our cars... While correlation is not cause , it's hard not to draw some implications from this: Yeste...

You look human to me... But how can I really tell?  Well, the squiggly letters on the comment box are how we currently do it.  Its called ...

Buying the cow... While I agree the outlook for ag exports looks good into the future, we need to remember our customers have their own ag...

Make mine Alpo... Ever had pâté? What did you think when you first saw it? In a double-blind test, subjects were presented with five unl...

Belief and right action... While we often stumble across reports of the power of faith in God to make us happier and even healthier, we a...

I really hate it ... When reality steps all over a beautiful theory.  Just when I was smugly comfortable I knew what the world population ...

Also my best guess... As I track the fate of the American newspaper industry, I have been pretty negative on their business model.  Bu...

And where the sugar is... How much sugar in your favorite food?  Sit down and have a peek.  The equivalent amount of sugar cubes in stuff...

Where evil is... Finally, researchers have brought GPS to morality .  Behold, the Seven Deadly Sins all mapped out for easy locating. ...

They are doing some stuff right... Another reason I (and other observers ) mention Denmark frequently .