Air Pollution

Something tells me that the Beijing Olympics won’t see any world records in the marathon.As a biomedical researcher I will make this small prediction: several years from now statisticians...

If You Think Air Travel Sucks Now

At one point a long time ago, traveling by plane was an expensive choice that most ordinary people didn’t have the means to try. Then the infrastructure matured, fuel was relatively cheap and...

Fit Love

Speaking of the Honda Fit, those ads about cargo space aren’t kidding. I just got back from a car camping trip in which I carried food, beer and supplies for eighteen on the way out and...

RIP, Tony Snow

Tony Snow has died at the age of 53.You know the drill, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.Fifty-three is just way too damned young, especially for a man with...

Sister Souljah Thrown Under the Bus In Order To Unite The Party

Continuing our discussion earlier of terms that should be banned after the election, if only because we will not be able to get rid of them right now, Dan Balz proclaims Obama had his Sister Souljah...