Long Con

Does cutting taxes stimulate job growth?

POSTED // Mar 26,2012 - Is there any evidence to support the mantra that cutting taxes stimulates job growth?

Fetishes of the Week

POSTED // Mar 19,2012 - Seeking sexual gratification by blindfolding pupils to play a "tasting game" and then spoon-feeding them his ...

Boiling Frogs

Why do they stay in the pan?

POSTED // Mar 12,2012 - This is an old one, and I’m surprised it didn’t turn up when I did a search on your site. It has to do with boiling frogs. Goes something like this: If you tossed a frog into already-boiling water, it would leap out.

Bitter Pill

POSTED // Mar 7,2012 - As we've seen, however, neither the drug industry nor consumers have much incentive to demand change.

Sex Sells

Why is prostitution called "the oldest profession"?

POSTED // Feb 27,2012 - Why is prostitution called “the oldest profession”? Under both of the definitions of profession I know, there’s no chance prostitution could be the oldest,

Flying Colors

Is there an advantage to being colorblind?

POSTED // Feb 20,2012 - Can colorblind persons pick out camouflage from background foliage more easily?

Mammoth Feat

Cloning: But then what?

POSTED // Feb 13,2012 - A friend insists a team of scientists is dedicated to cloning a woolly mammoth. I’d love to believe this is true, and if it is, what are the plans for these critters? Zoos? Releasing them into the wild? Farming?

Game Brain

Influence of video games on the mind?

POSTED // Jan 30,2012 - I don't claim video games have been 100 percent beneficial. The Columbine massacre shooters were reportedly addicted to video games.

State Smarts

A difference between red & blue?

POSTED // Jan 21,2012 - Is there a difference between red (Republican heartland conservative) states and blue (Democratic coastal liberal) states in terms of IQ?

Belly of the Beast

Refuge in a corpse?

POSTED // Jan 16,2012 - In The Empire Strikes Back, there’s a scene where Han Solo must cut open his tauntaun and climb inside the steaming corpse with Luke.