So Michelle Obama decided to grow an organic garden at the White House, and get some local schoolkids involved in the project. Sounds all happy-warm-fuzzy, doesn't it? Apparently not to everyone … nosiree, the folks at the Mid-America CropLife Association sure don't think so, according to a newsletter sent out to their members: Did you [...]

…is humanity. the big three The financial meltdown continues, with the Big Three US automakers flying their executives to Washington DC in private corporate jets to beg for money. To which I'd say, great! Start by flying home in a fucking coach class airline seat, knowing that's still better than your office staff can afford. [...]

Tesla Motors (the geek appeal of the name alone is sweet) is making an electric car that does 0-60 in under 4 seconds … and goes 220 miles on a full charge (although maybe not if you're doing 100+ mph the whole way). Holy fuck. That is soooooo insanely hot.

So, I've had a few people, both friends and site visitors, ask me what I think of Ron Paul, Republican candidate for president and Texas congressman. Up until I looked into it a little, I simply thought he was so far off the "viable candidate" radar screen, I didn't really care … but prompted by [...]

My "Ultimate Civil Libertarian" piece seems to have caused a bit of confusion with some readers, so I thought it might be nice to clarify a few things for folks. I'm not a member of the Libertarian party. Never have been. Never will be. Oh sure, I went through my Ayn Rand worshiping phase in [...]