And now for something completely different: a near-miss for the Darwin Award. A man who was shocked and burned chasing a rabbit. His last name was Asher.
As is often the case, the Freeper comments are quite entertaining.
The Speech That Barack Obama Should Have Given
…but never will. From John Stossel.
Does NASA Need Public Support?
Some thoughts from Paul Spudis.
To Boldly Go
I have some thoughts on human spaceflight and inappropriate risk aversion, over at Popular Mechanics.
Shouting “Liar”
…in a crowded Congress. It’s hard for me to get very bent out of shape about it, considering that the president was lying, and spent much of his speech accusing his political opponents of doing so. The apology was appropriate, though. Don’t expect to hear one from the president.
The Upcoming Fecklessness At The UN
…by Barack Obama. Anne Bayefsky has some concerns.
In Defense Of Van Jones
…sort of.
Why Are Jews “Liberals”?
The Future Of Health Care
Problems with the Obama legacy.
Is This A Good Idea?
I hadn’t realized that there was a website called gop.gov. I thought that the .gov top-level domain was for official government sites. To have one for Republicans seems to be mixing party and government. Of course, I think that parties (and particularly the major ones) are far too privileged in general, given that they are unmentioned in the Constitution.