I recommend this quick and interesting pop quiz on the Affordable Care Act, the new health care reform law often called “Obamacare.” There are only 10 questions, all True/False, and they have to do with major features of the law … Continue reading
A popular myth on the political left is that the Republican Party is in the pocket of big business, and this explains pretty much everything about the party. It is true that big business tends to favor Republicans and vice … Continue reading
One performer in one take plays 100 well-known guitar riffs in historical order in 12 minutes. (If I said I liked the earlier ones best would that be telling my age? …) by … Continue reading
The following is an ad, and worse, a political ad, but for once it’s fairly understated and makes what I think is a basically valid point: As former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steels asks, why doesn’t Mitt Romney just … Continue reading
According to a report released yesterday by the Congressional Budget Office, in calendar year 2009 federal taxes amounted to 17.4 percent of total household income, the lowest rate in the entire 30-year time frame covered in the report. The next … Continue reading
According to an article in The Herald Scotland, some students in U.S. religious schools are being taught that the Loch Ness monster is real and is a dinosaur. The textbook Biology 1099, part of the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) program … Continue reading
In the city of Sabadell in Spain’s Catalonia region, a lone bassist in the Plaza Sant Roc is soon joined by a cellist and then gradually the rest of an orchestra and chorus to perform the Ode to Joy from … Continue reading
I supposed by now everybody has heard about CERN’s announced likely discovery of the Higgs particle. Well, OK, “everybody” is probably an exaggeration. In a very recent Pew survey, only 55% of those asked knew that the Supreme Court had … Continue reading
Reasonably amusing comedy magic: by … Continue reading
From the folks at Just for Laughs, a prank involving telling an office temp she’s been hired to operate a time machine: (A passing thought: Where do these people get their budget? This looks like it cost a fair amount … Continue reading