The New England Patriots take on the defending champs, the Seattle Seahawks. Idina Menzel from the movie "Frozen" will sing the national anthem, and Katy Perry will perform at halftime. It's the first Super Bowl targeted specifically at 7-year-old girls.

The New Bigots Another story that broke last week during my 12-day hog-tie at the office (link [http://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/gary-sinise-lieutenant-dan]): > Must reading http://t.co/CsWyz8xQFU > — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) January 18, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/556773712918507520] This

Disgusting and disturbing. All phony and all lies all the time, like Obamacare but on the international level: The Truth "Behind" The Charlie Hebdo Solidarity Photo-Op [http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-17/truth-behind-cherlie-hebdo-solidarity-photo-op] .

I oughtta run a coffee, Coke, Mountain Dew, energy drink, Gatorade, or other hangover cure piece every Saturday, like this one: 23 other interesting facts about the world's best-known brand [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2910885/The-Coke-Bordeaux-mixed-cocaine-23-interesting-facts-world-

BYCU A passage from a book that is currently on my top shelf, The Drunken Botanist: "Every great drink starts with a plant. If you're a gardener, I hope this book inspires a cocktail party. If you're a bartender, I hope you're persuaded

For the first time since 2007, the FDA has approved a new device to treat obesity. The amazing breakthrough is called a vegetable.

Kontent from the Kindle Impressive company, though I must admit that I'd never heard of the last two books: "A Mencken Chrestomathy was published the following July, two months before Mencken's sixty-ninth birthday. It turned up on the New York Times best-seller list

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a

"Rothbard famously observed that one could uncover the libertarian position on X by imagining a gang of thugs carrying out the state action in question." Thomas Woods, Real Dissent. It's a good example. The libertarian basically asks, "If you wouldn't tolerate your neighbor