Here it is, from Cleveland, Ohio . . . "Miffed by Dress Code, Male Air Controllers Wear Dresses." Hilarious. Cleveland Rocks!

Requiescat in pace! It's over.  I will confess to a certain amount of grim satisfaction and even some Schadenfreude (because I guess I am a wicked person) at the politicians' defeat.  I remain convinced that it would have been an ab

No, really!  I'm not making this up.Take a look at this news story.  Then tell me if you too aren't thinking of "Terminator 2."Wild! 

The Spanish Armada is so...yesterday, so passe, so...1588.No, the hot new armada to invade England is the Rubber Ducky Armada of 2007!  OK, time to sing Rubber Ducky Song from "Sesame Street."   Admit it, you still know the words

Interesting, interesting. A 5-4 decision rejected the diversity schemes of two school distrcits.Check out the words of Chief Justice Roberts on this, saying that the schools' race-based policies did not justify the use of "the extreme means

Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! 

A horse is a horse, of course, of course, unless, of course, it's a zorse!Well, or a "zebroid."  Yep, that's Horse + Zebra. Today's zorse/zebroid/whatever is called Eclyse, she lives in Germany, and you really do have to se

The article notes that Professor Robert Putnam is scared by his own findings. After all, fact or not, they're not politically correct, are they?Read the whole thing.I repeat my oft-ranted opinion that the more we emphasize our differences r

Interesting!  Besides, when do I ever have a chance to say the words "Germany," "politicians," "Tom Cruise," and "Scientology" all in the same sentence? Cruise is supposed to be playing Claus von Stauffen

You can have a kilt without guilt -- but only if you have a license for your sporran.  What?The wits at Samizdata have even written some doggerel for the occasion. 

To general and widespread disgust and dismay, the immigration bill is apparently back.Heads should roll . . . though I didn't quite mean heads of lettuce.  Is it just me being a cynical spectator, or is political behavior getting more and mo

Health and safety concerns about Chinese imports are getting more widespread.Daniel Drezner has more. Now we're worried about Chinese . . . tires?

Terrible. China has arrested two officials of a labour bureau for their links to the use of slave labourers, including children, forced to work in grim conditions and often beaten in brick kilns in the poor northwest. Hou Junyuan and

The professor is Scott Armstrong of the University of Pennsylvania, and I must say, this is really intriguing! Here is the premise:. . . Scott Armstrong, a Wharton Marketing professor, wants Al Gore to put his money where his mouth is. Armstrong has

This is so crazy I don't quite know what to say!  Look at this:  "Forget the TV remote: A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity." If this thi

Apparently the Iranians attempted to snatch some Australian sailors before attempting to snatch British ones. Well, we all know what happened with the Brits of the senior service.But take a look at the awesome Aussies, as reported by the BBC:Wh

Here's a bit of fun news about the quickly-growing polar bear cub in Berlin.  He's popular, and apparently so is his keeper, caregiver, and surrogate father Thomas Dörflein.Take a look at this report:. . . fans of Knut's keeper

Talk about Ostalgie!You can check into a new Berlin hotel that's dedicated to communist-era pop culture. Apparently it's decorated with real East German furniture salvaged from flea markets and such.Here is the official website for the

This is culinary blasphemy! Yeah, you can have my garlic . . . when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.But really, one of my favorite memories of Rome was of a summer sunset. I was walking on the Gianicolo Hill with some friends, and we

1 scoop of coffee, 1 scoop of cookies-and-cream.  Both scoops came in the same waffle cone, a cone so freshly made that it was still slightly warm.Delicious!I must say, the invention of coffee ice cream is absolutely INSPIRED.  The joy of c

Look at this! I quote:WASHINGTON - New passport regulations aimed at improving security has instead resulted in a massive backlog and has impacted or ruined travel plans for thousands of Americans. Under fire from stressed travelers and steamed

The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces are seeking new recruits!  You don't have be goofy to join, but apparently, it helps.  Enjoy! 

This comes courtesy of my computer-mad Sibling, who commented that if the USS Enterprise computers were running Windows, that'd be a good reason why the ship crashed in the film "Star Trek: Generations"!Too true. OK, everybo

This is simply a terrible idea.  Yet . . . somehow typically . . . this is happening at UCLA. Link xie-xie to Buzzurro, who posted on this! 

Is Euroland full of animals running amok?  I'm sure it isn't so, but I do keep hearing tales of rabbits interfering with Milan's airport, wild boars running all over Berlin, and so forth.Now I'm reading a crazy report about a squ