Author: BooMan

Every member of the House of Representatives receives a member’s representation allowance (MRA) that they use to pay for staff, office space, travel to and from their districts, and direct mailings to their constituents....

Dolphins and, perhaps, whales are pretty intelligent creatures. In fact, they are so intelligent that some scientists think their consciousness is sufficiently humanlike to justify giving them rights that we don’t even...

He looks like Buddy Holly, but he calls himself Elvis. WTF? What’s on your mind?

I don’t know why academic writing is so bad. It could be that the skills that make you into a decent scholar have little correlation to the skills you need to communicate effectively in writing. Or maybe people try to...

This is why I can never decide if they are more accurately described as nihilists (who don’t believe in anything, including science, evidence, or well-reasoned argument) or zealots (for whom ruining the federal government...