A local genius (I'm being serious this time) invented a device that uses energy from ocean waves to create electricity -- winning $100,000 in a contest sponsored by the Siemens Foundation. (When I was in high school, it was known as the Westinghouse Competition.) For fun, Aaron (Goldin), a straight-A student, spent two years working […]
From England's The Register newspaper: Study: PCs make kids dumber Students who use computers frequently at school perform worse than their peers at maths and reading. Yeah, but how does it affect their writings?
Now that this couple has won the lottery, there's no reason why I shouldn't be next. The latest winners of the California SuperLotto Plus jackpot say they haven't thought about what they'll buy for themselves, but they do know what they'll do for newborn babies. Debi Faris-Cifelli and her husband Steve, who provide funerals for […]
Lt. Smash has acquired a copy of the James Goldsborough column that resulted in Goldsborough deciding to quit. I would like to emphasize that I didn't give it to him. Frankly, I'm surprised it hasn't shown up over at Poynter.
Juan Non-Volkoh points out the changing positions of Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky. In short, when Democrats use the filibuster, it's a good thing. When Republicans use it, it's a bad thing. Isn't utilitarianism a wonderful thing?
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is once again in the news because its chairwoman, Mary Frances Berry, has decided that term limits don't apply to her. Mary Frances Berry's term as a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights ended at midnight Sunday, but as of this writing she maintains that her term […]
California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was on "Fox News Sunday" yesterday, and outlined the tenets of the Democratic Party: Budget deficits are "immoral," partial-birth abortion is not.