Month: August 2005
Gorgeous: Salisbury is one of the finest medieval cathedrals in Britain. It is the mother church of the Salisbury Diocese, an area which covers most of the counties of …
To persuade hipster fools to spend $200 on a pair of jeans, Levi’s has enlisted the help of Andy Warhol, the granddaddy of all things hip. Called “Warhol Factory …
Don’t throw out those dusty 5″ floppy discs with your beta tapes and eight-tracks just when they’ve acquired real collector clout. Instead, follow Anthony Georgis’s example and use the …
Americans are divided over whether humans and other living things evolved over time or have existed in their present form since the beginning of time, according to a new …
An economist takes a detailed look at Hawaii’s gasoline price-fixing plan. Link. Excerpt: Like the federal government’s disastrous central planning of 30 years ago, the Hawaiian government has attempted …
Russian women have long been known for their beauty. Edvard Radzinsky at the Wall Street Journal talks about the new wave of pretties that are coming out of Rus. …
. . . join a club, have spousal relations, or talk to anyone again! The multiple-channel screen, known in the television industry as a “mosaic,” is about to show …
Eric Scheske used his Wednesday column at Catholic Exchange to poke jabs at the NCAA’s Indian name policy. Link. Excerpt: It’s also worth noting that the NCAA’s actions aren’t …
It reads a little bit like one of those e-mails from Nigeria that offer reverse-investment opportunities (“Let my put $100,000,000 in your checking account, and you see get $1,000,000, …
At the Times-Picayune web site, Mike Perlstein and Brian Thevenot wrote that at a Wal-Mart on Tchoupitoulas Street, mass looting broke out after a giveaway of supplies was announced …
Most published scientific research papers are wrong, according to a new analysis. Assuming that the new paper is itself correct, problems with experimental and statistical methods mean that there …
This WFP is delayed due to Charter Internet hook-up problems. We’d say more, but we should hold off in Christian charity . . . at least until we see …