You might want to hurry and read this story, because there may not be many more that use the phrase “presidential hopeful Rick Santorum.” In one of the dumber statements in recent memory – and that is really saying something – Santorum…
The guy who covers the "billionaire beat" over at Forbes.com – who must be pretty busy these days, since according to Forbes there are now over 1,200 billionaires in the world – was able to chat this week with some…
Two videos, both worth watching. This one is frankly a little hard to watch: This one is easier and should be watched over and over again: Different context, obviously, but I think the basic sentiment applies: When are…
Occasionally you do come across things that seem just too good to be true, and like others I was suspicious of this correspondence that circulated recently. As you may recall, this purports to be (1) a 1974 letter from a…
I guess in this case FBI stands for "Ferris Bueller Imitators." According to the Detroit News, a Michigan insurance company has sued the FBI and the Department of Justice alleging that one of its agents totaled a $750,000 Ferrari during what…
Alan Simpson, who was a senator from Wyoming and more recently a co-chair of the president's deficit commission (don't remember that? Neither does anybody in Washington) is renowned for his "colorful language." He reinforced that reputation recently by saying this…
Hypothesis: One who announces while giving a gun-safety demonstration that he is “the only one in the room professional enough to carry this Glock 40” will shoot himself in the leg with that Glock 40 shortly thereafter. Research Protocol: Examine…
In a recent 31-page decision resolving a thoroughly ugly divorce, a frustrated Canadian family-law judge said he had resorted to ridicule in a final effort to get through to the parties, though it may also have been an effort to keep…
Here are a couple of quotes you may find interesting: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life,…
“They cut my beard … and forced me to eat it.”