Zombie Politics

Well, Joe McLean has gone and done it.   The Daily Beast columnist has put up the perfect description of my three regular commenters (ju...

It always stuns me when conservatives and, in particular, the gun community, make truly thoughtless statements. One such statement popped in...

Linguists have found the first universal word, a word that is in every language spoken on earth. Huh? Yes, it's the word " huh ...

For the most part, I think it's best to not use comparisons to slavery in this day and age. But if you are Sarah Palin and want to get a...

As I have said many times, the biggest impediment to progress in this country is the conservative movement as it stands today (see: apocalyp...

When most Americans think of veterans, they imagine an older man in a baseball cap with United States flag on it. Certainly, there are plent...

From upworthy.com... What is your state good at? What is your state bad at?

As someone who occasionally teaches geography, it's important to remember this lesson.

Turing to world news, the biggest story of the last few day is the massive destruction in the Philippines caused by what may very well be ...

An answer to to this question would change the course of human history. For the believers of many religions, the soul moves on to the next l...

Amia Srinivasan has many questions for free market moralists that deserve answers. Indeed, her entire piece deserves careful study as at el...

There’s a certain type of political journalism that so exists in the moment that numerous such moments have been declared to be disasters fo...

A few days ago I wrote about democracy and the Catholic Church. Lo and behold, my prayers were answered: they're going to poll their con...

Running a blog is weird sometimes. This week a post from 2011 is getting beaucoup traffic. I wonder why? The photo? It was nice to revisit ...

The National Center For Education Statistics released its 2013 report card and much to the dismay of right wing bloggers everywhere, it show...

There is quite a bit to talk about in energy news so let's get to it!  First up is a call for nuclear power that I have been waiting ...