Secret Service dog falls to its death from roof of New Orleans parking deck

What a shock – I tuned in tonight to the 10th series of BBC’s Ground Force to discover that Alan Titchmarsh, the host and gardener extraordinaire, has gone! Listen, I have nothing against Charlie and Tommy  [more...]

The Citizens United (boy, there’s a great example of the wordplay on the Right) decision may end up with the Koch Brothers buying the presidency.

NASA has lost contact with the Spirit rover, and I’m pretty disappointed about it. Of course, with all the bad luck we’ve had getting to and around Mars lately, you don’t suppose that some secretive  [more...]