AS RELIABLE AS ONLINE POLLS: The new cheaper Census brings lots of changes.
Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt
December 2, 2015
WHEN HEATED RHETORIC CAUSES DEATH: Handbills are now appearing in reaction to the Killings at Harpers Ferry Virginia.
APPARENTLY THIS IS NEWS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST: How history got the Rosa Parks story wrong.
December 1, 2015
MISSING LINK NECK: How did giraffes get their long necks?
CROSS-DRESSING IN DEATH: Was King Tutankhamun’s famous burial mask originally intended for his stepmother Nefertiti?
THEY DO REALIZE ONE OF THESE GUYS WAS FICTIONAL, RIGHT: What James Bond and Steve Jobs Have in Common: Absent Fathers.
CAN I GET A “DUH”: No, America Doesn’t Have a Christian Terrorism Problem.
THE TIMES WE LIVE IN: Short takes on the drifting wreckage.
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS SHOULD BE A CONVENIENCE STORE: Untouchable: The tradition continues for the ATF and not like in the movies.
WHAT IF WE STOPPED BOWING AND SCRAPING: What if… (Language warning.)
RUMORS OF THEIR DEATH HAVE BEE-N EXAGGERATED: Bee of Good Cheer.
MOMMAS DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP IN THE IVIES: Ivy Leaguers need to stop with the PC obsession.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND: Unless he’s your drunk friend who throws up in your new car and steals your girlfriend. How Uncle Sam chases away US jobs.
ALL WE ARE SAYING IS GIVE BOMBS A CHANCE: Bombing alone won’t destroy ISIS — but it’s a good start.
SOME FRIENDS ARE WORTH HAVING: Israel More Reliable Ally than the US for India.
NO MORE DANGEROUS FRIEND; NO LESS THREATENING FOE: On Ukraine’s front lines, U.S.-supplied equipment is falling apart.
November 30, 2015
FOR THE TIMES WHEN “THAT’S JUST NOT RIGHT”: Galaxy Quest Wavs.
I ALWAYS SAID THE PROBLEM WAS SPACE LAW: The Return of the Frontier.
STOP LAUGHING: Their “socialist program” will create “a sustainable reduction in deficits and debt.” Because, you know, cheese and also radioactive penguins — which are as likely to cause a sustainable reduction in deficits as socialism is. In Portugal, being a socialist is never having to say you’re sorry.
THEY’RE COATING THEM IN POLITICIANS: Totally repellent: Quick and easy coating process makes surfaces omniphobic.
THEY’RE JUST MESSENGER BOYS PHOTONS: Physicists set quantum record by using photons to carry messages from electrons almost 2 kilometers apart.
SHUT UP, YOU’RE INTERRUPTING THE NARRATIVE: Media Rushes to Call Colorado Shooter ‘Right-Wing Activist.’ Here’s the Evidence For That Claim. They probably know it’s not true, but if they can taint you by association they can make you shut up.