Month: June 2013

Why are there 538 Electoral Votes? The answer is that that is the number you get if you add the 100 seats in the Senate and the 435 seats in the House, and then add three more votes for the District of Columbia. President Obama...

Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of NSA surveillance The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for...

Bob Cesca is trying to sort out fact from fiction in the allegations about the NSA’s domestic surveillance. It’s pretty tricky because the way the law works, the internet companies that were implicated couldn’t...

I guess I recognize Shannon Richardson from watching The Walking Dead. The kids are obsessed with that show (not the little one), so I’ve been forced to watch it. It’s too violent for my tastes, but I get the appeal....

I can tell that I am from Jersey because I think Mary/Merry/Marry are all pronounced differently. The two consonants are perfectly balanced in “Mary.” (MARE-REE) The first consonant is emphasized in...