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We like to report on any phenomenon that boggles scientists. Out in the West Texas desert near the town of Marfa, odd lights across the Mitchell Flat and toward the Chinati Mountains have eluded explanation: > There are numerous theories on what causes the phenomenon. Moonlight on mica veins sparkling

I guess we shouldn't find this surprising. In a culture with increasingly fewer children, why should adults know how to deal with them? > Maribel Cuevas [11] was arrested in April in a police operation which involved three police cars and a helicopter. > She has since spent

Interesting commentary piece at NYT that compares (not contrasts) Hollywood and Detroit. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/weekinreview/10gross.html?ex=1278648000&en=dc676f56bc9e3354&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss] . Excerpt: > Consumers today face an unprecedented array of choices for how to

We're blogging from Chicago and the blog change-over threw some wrenches at us that we didn't successfully dodge. We're not even sure this and other posts will go up, but here's a neat blog that also contains some words for Sunday morning:

Joe Sobran raises interesting points in a discussion about the Almighty Court: > Many controversies end prematurely not because one side is necessarily right, but because it wins elections, or a war, or just manages to get its view established as conventional wisdom. Eventually, people just stop debating very debatable

Blogging will be a little light later today and tomorrow morning. Eric Scheske is attending an out-of-town wedding, and the blog is changing web hosts (iPowerWeb has gone down or malfunctioned one too many times). During the change-over, you will still be able to access the site, but we'

An absolutely-disgusting article. Link [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002382718_horse15m.html]. The only excerpt we'll present: > The farm was talked about in Internet chat rooms as a destination for people looking to have sex with livestock, he said.

> A T-ball coach seeking to keep a player with a mental disability off the field allegedly asked another player to hurt the boy, state police said Friday. . . > During pre-game warmups, Mark Reed Downs Jr. offered one of his players $25 to hit the 8-year-old boy in the head

> When the scandals at companies such as Enron and WorldCom were first uncovered, corporate governance advocates, investors and some politicians pointed to runaway executive compensation as a key underlying problem. > Yet more than three years later, experts say little has improved. These days, heads of public companies can

Couldn't we just make everyone sign a blanket Assumption of Risk form when they turn 18 and get rid of all this crud? > The Center for Science in the Public Interest, supported by other health advocates such as Children's Hospital Boston, petitioned the Food and