Pinheading our hopes
People spend so much time and effort agonizing over things that are imaginary. Yes, it happens with Star Wars and the Marvel universe too, not just with religious topics, but at least Star Wars fans know...
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The pornography of despair
Philadelphia Inquirer books editor Frank Wilson uses Cormac McCarthy as an excuse to peddle the rankest of bullshit in his column of yesterday: Of course, as D.H. Lawrence pointed out in the last book he...
Great Googly moogly
Today's Google logo for Earth Day is pretty poignant....
The Week in green
Our favorite paper news digest, The Week, has published this week's issue on the web, for free, without a paper version: For one week only, The Week has published a full issue exclusively online,...
NASA: Not About Scientific Advancement
From the New York Times: From 2002 until this year, NASA's mission statement, prominently featured in its budget and planning documents, read: "To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe...
Roger Ebert throws up his
Roger Ebert throws up his hands in response to readers who took issue with his review of An Inconvenient Truth: I cannot get into a scientific discussion here. There will be no end to it. All...