LAST I CHECKED PORTUGAL HAD NAMING LAWS, AND THEY WERE ODD: 8 Countries With Fascinating Baby Naming Laws.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY: How I scammed a scammer (well, almost).

SURE. AN HOUR A MONTH IS EMPLOYED. TOTALLY: Is there an actual definition for being employed?

THAT SHOCKED FACE! Protesters are just teachers’ unions in disguise.

MUCH WORSE THAN YOU THINK: Cancerous nonprofits & the monopolization of American health care.

GO FORTH AND HAVE NO FEAR: VCDL floods Arlington Zoning Board meeting to successfully defeat an attempt to pull NOVA Armory’s occupancy permit on May11, 2016.  (Thank you.)

DIFFERENT, NOT WRONG: Stop drugging ADHD kids — and start teaching them to use their gifts.

CIVIL RIGHTS IN VIRGINIA: Freedom under attack.  (I’ve been under the weather, and not posting as regularly as I’d like to, but a friend pinged me with this.  The hearing is tonight and it’s important.  If you’re in Virginia, consider going.)

IT’S TIME WE THE PEOPLE REMINDED OUR SERVANTS OF WHO WE ARE AND WHO THEY ARE: The Royal Age of Gotcha

DEAR DIOSDADO: We’re not a banana republic yet.  You’re going to LOVE our discovery laws. Venezuela’s Diosdado Cabello Sues WSJ Over Cocaine Allegations.  (BTW, his name means “G_d given hair.”  If I named a character that…

SO MUCH HOT AIR: Gore, Ten Years Later.

NOT SINGERS. I’M SURE THAT’S AGAINST THE LAWS OF WARFARE. AND THE SEA. AND DECENCY: For some reason, China just sent a bunch of magicians and singers to the South China Sea.

WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE: Beyond the grassy knoll.

NOW FOR THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS:  … well, in my circles. And the new Han Solo is…

THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE CONTINUES: Illegal Immigration Booming.

IT’S OKAY.  NO ONE SANE BELIEVED THEM: White House admits it played us for fools to sell Iran deal.  Fool us a hundred million times, definitely shame on us.

THOSE MEAT DRESSES DON’T BUY THEMSELVES: Hillary Supporter Lady Gaga Paid $21,000 By Clinton Campaign.

ALL IS PROCEEDING AS I HAVE FORESEEN: Trump Taps Clinton, Obama Donor as National Finance Chair.

NAH.  THEY JUST WANT TAXES: FDA Wants More Lung Cancer.

WELL, THERE’S NOTHING WRONG A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE WON’T FIX: Biotech Company Granted Ethical Permission To Attempt To Use Stem Cells To Reactivate The Brains Of The Dead.

SOME CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET US OFF THIS ROCK: A new chapter for a commercial space pioneer.

PLAYING WITH MATCHES: Did they manage to “burn it down”?

FROM OBAMA, THE LITTLE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE: The Missing Grand Strategy.

AH, THE ARISTOS! Chelsea Clinton’s speaking fee: $65,000.

THE LONGER WE LIVE THE GREATER THE RISK: Readers’ Responses to a Woman’s Journey Living With Alzheimer’s.