ASK THE MAGIC EIGHT BALL: What do candidates’ plans actually mean?

NEAT STUFF TO KNOW: The History Of The Jet Aircraft Engine.

THE EVER TWISTING COILS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: You’re now a racist if you say schools need to be safer.

SIDE EFFECTS OF THE NANNY STATE: Forget the car: Young adults are opting to use their feet.

EUROPE, EUROPE, WE BARELY KNEW YOU: German army forced to lay down weapons due to ‘overtime limits’.

DAVE FREER IS: Being Cassandra about the Science Fiction Field again.

A PERSPECTIVE ON COPYRIGHT AND THE SMALL BUSINESSMAN: Don’t Pirate Indies.

JUST THE VULNERABILITY TO TERRORISM WOULD SEEM TO MAKE THIS A BAD IDEA:  WiFi-Connected, Autonomously Driven Trucks are Heading Our Way.

WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE WRONG WAY TO GO: Donald Trump Is Making the Mainstream Media Richer and More Powerful.

EVEN THEY WEREN’T BORN YESTERDAY: Poll: Millennials are no more convinced about global warming than their parents.

ANOTHER NOBEL PEACE PRIZE UPDATE: Army Needs 220K More Soldiers to Deal With Major Foes: Milley.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE UPDATE: Obama outlines hopes for legacy on drone strikes.

MUCH OF THE SAME APPLIES TO WRITING: In fact, I’ve told several people the worst thing you can do if you want to become a working, selling writer (as opposed to an academically feted, non-selling one) college degrees in literature or writing might be counter-productive.  It took me years to get over “all the cr*p I learned” in college literature programs. ARTICLE: The Death of University Arts Programs, Part 1: Eric Fischl.

CONFESSIONS OF A STRATEGIC VOTER: The joy of voting in the Democratic primary as a conservative Republican.

OOOPS THEY’RE DOING IT AGAIN: Team Obama is setting us up for another housing-market collapse

YOU SUNDAY NIGHT DOSE OF DOOM AND GLOOM: The wages of EU overreach.

THE WEIRDEST PERSONAL AD I’VE EVER READ: NASA’s resurrected telescope seeks wandering planets.

WELL, IT IS THE 21st CENTURY: Flexible spinal cord implants will let paralyzed people walk.

CHECK YOUR GUT BACTERIA PRIVILEGE: Gut bacteria regulate nerve fibre insulation

IT COULD BE WORSE, SHE COULD HAVE CHILDREN: Neutering speech until silence prevails! (And no menacing movements either!)

OH SHOCKED FACE, YOU ARE NEVER FAR: NYPD corruption scandal leads straight to de Blasio.

BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE SO DISCRIMINATORY: Only 3 U.S. Airports Require Employee Security Checks.

TO BE FAIR, IT’S ONLY BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO FIDDLE: The feds dawdle while patients die needlessly.

THEY BECAME TEH GRAUNIAD SO SLOWLY I NEVER NOTICED TILL NOW: BBC News covers Higgs boson reboot with a smutty spelling gaffe.

Layers and layers of fact and spell checkers.  You know the drill. If only they were some gonzo guys (and gals) in their pajamas!

UPDATE: Link fixed!

WHAT’S IN A FACE: Choosing—or rejecting—a candidate by his/her face.