Month: April 2014

Okay, so, this happened. Apparently, the Farm Bill, which finally passed in February, contained language that makes it a federal crime to be a spectator at an event where animals fight to the death. This pissed off a bunch of...

I swear that I almost did a post earlier today about how it has been a while since we had a mass-shooting in this country. I guess my spidey-sense was tingling.

The politics of NASA are weird. It’s hard to justify their budget. Their mission is part national security and part straight-up scientific discovery and exploration. There’s a whole Star Trek element of international...

The conservative majority on the Supreme Court doesn’t think that it’s possible to corrupt a politician by giving them money. Nor do they see a problem with wealthy individuals buying every politician in the country,...

Because Fort Sumter wasn’t so very long ago: (Reuters) – An 8-year-old South Carolina girl’s dream of having the woolly mammoth become the official state fossil has been put on hold while lawmakers debate an...