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What is over three times the area of Manhattan and floats? It is the tip of the tongue of the Petermann Glacier in Greenland which has just ...

[From Joel] In previous times article IV section 4 of the Constitution has been considered to be without consequence either being obvious o...

The incomplete and misleading Media Matters timeline for USDA official Shirley Sherrod's recent travail starts on Monday, 19 July, th...

ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PROPOSITION No doubt the group funding the proposed "Cordoba House" mosque and Islamic cultural center two...

[From Billlifka, posted by Ira with his permission. Image added by Ira.] Federal officials continue to act like bungling fools so much the...

Blog readers who know us personally are surprised to see Vi on a zipline [click image at left for larger version]. But here is my non-athl...