POSTED // Jan 6,2010 - The restaurant around the corner from where I work has started using corn-based “compostable” plastic takeout containers.

POSTED // Dec 30,2009 - On the one hand, I want to eat farm-raised salmon because wild salmon is being depleted by overfishing...

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POSTED // Dec 16,2009 - I have heard Thomas Jefferson traded marijuana blends with George Washington and the other founding fathers. I find this hard to believe, but the rumor is ubiquitous. Can anyone verify it?

POSTED // Dec 9,2009 - What’s the straight dope on truth serums? What are they? What exactly do they do? Do sodium pentothal and the like really make witnesses spill their guts?

POSTED // Dec 2,2009 - I just read your 1981 column on what would happen if the Earth were swallowed by a black hole...

POSTED // Nov 25,2009 - The America's Cup, for those whose taste in sports runs more to bowling, is the most prestigious prize in sailing.

POSTED // Nov 18,2009 - How is it that, in places without natural features such as a river or mountain range to mark a border, U.S. states could establish a nice, even line over hundreds of miles before GPS?

POSTED // Nov 11,2009 - I’ve often heard people say “the camera adds 10 pounds” when they’re photographed. Is that just an excuse or is there any truth to it?

POSTED // Nov 4,2009 - You know, there was a time, back when Cadillacs had fins and people sang along to Burma-Shave commercials...