The future is here. Social Security tapping the “trust fund” to get through the year.

Chile can’t catch a break.

Go Eagle. From the Photographer…

“Over 10 days I saw at least 50 starlings getting caught and eaten by various eagles. It would happen anywhere from 100 to 500 feet in the air.

William M. Briggs rants on the absurdity of arresting (and sometimes killing) sea lions for breaking the law.

Do Toyota’s really have a problem?

Another useless medical test.

Why Greece can’t pay.

A bill has been introduced in the New York State Assembly that would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.

The above is almost as smart as expressing your anger at another nation by destroying your own.

Is Alzheimer’s an overreaction to infection?

9 days after a big quake.

You mean that people did not already know this?

What the future looks like. If you are optimistic that is.

A soldier reflects on the dangers of glorifying soldiers.

Are banks having troubles? Or are they just getting realistic?

A portrait of a messed up country.

A comparison of job losses over the last few economic down turns.

Admittedly, Government and the Rights of Man made more sense when it was written then it does now. But this week’s essay of the week makes it plan that it still has relevance now.

The Troubles of Korea’s Influential Economic Pundit is this week’s essay of the week.

Of all the stupid forms of copy protection, this has got to be one of the stupidest.

How politics is really done.

A lady who left 2,000 living descendants when she died.