POSTED // Aug 19,2009 - Are there really bus-size nuclear reactors all over Europe (especially in France), that can safely power small towns? If so, why don’t we have them?

POSTED // Aug 12,2009 - I'm a hard-working attorney with minimal personal time who enjoys the efficiency that no-iron shirts afford. However, I heard a potentially disturbing statement...

POSTED // Aug 5,2009 - I've seen pictures of Pangaea, the giant landmass that eventually separated into the continents we know today...

POSTED // Jul 29,2009 - You realize, Marcus, we're talking about what 1. a fictional character of virtually unlimited powers (barring kryptonite-related issues) could, 2. if real, be 3. theoretically but 4. realistically expected to do.

POSTED // Jul 22,2009 - What's the final word about Y2K? We were told this was a serious problem, and that huge dollars and man-hours were needed to head off trouble. Why didn't the sky fall, as predicted? Were the dollars spent before Jan. 1, 2000...

POSTED // Jul 15,2009 - I'm particularly interested in the "drunks" part. Almost nightly, it seems, we hear on the news that a drunk driver killed one or more people in another car but the drunk survived...

POSTED // Jul 8,2009 - I recently read a speech by Noam Chomsky in which he says that during the Vietnam War "soldiers were fragging officers."

POSTED // Jul 1,2009 - Jared Diamond claims, "When NASA wanted to find some place on Earth resembling the surface of the Moon, so that our astronauts preparing for the first moon landing could practice in an environment similar to what they would encounter..."

POSTED // Jun 24,2009 - My son just finished a three-month karate class. Last night, he asked me if karate really would help someone defeat a larger, stronger opponent. I told him I honestly never had heard of anyone using any martial art to win a fight...

POSTED // Jun 17,2009 - Tales of people making out like bandits just before or during the 1929 stock market crash are relatively rare, possibly because the fortunate few kept it to themselves, given the mood of the times...