Updated: At David's request, I added an iframe embed to this thread-starter and posted it without previewing. As you can see below, it doesn't seem to work. It seems that the standard youtube embed html is now an iframe. That iframe is … [Read more...]

I just now had my second "5 year bulb" burn out after about a year. I seem to remember a time when manufacturers were held to some standard of honesty about claims. These bulbs cost significantly more than the alternatives they replace. … [Read more...]

President Barack Obama is doing marvelous things. His move on immigration policy was a stroke of genius. He has gotten tough on the economy, and (in spite of the best efforts of the media) the electorate is responding. Elizabeth Warren is … [Read more...]

As President Obama helps the world avoid a catastrophic collapse of the global economy, the Guardian reports that R. Glenn Hubbard — a senior adviser to the Romney campaign — did his best to sabotage the fragile progress being made by the … [Read more...]

The Associated Press (among others) reports that the Legion of Christ "admits" that its most public moralizer fathered a child, in explicit violation of the order's founding vows, "years ago" (emphasis mine): VATICAN CITY — The Legion of … [Read more...]

This is nothing weighty or serious, and is instead just some minor "housekeeping". Is it possible to add a "Spam" button alongside the "Recommend", "Tweet", and "Like" buttons so that we have a one-click way of alerting the editors to … [Read more...]

While I am not wealthy and not part of the now-infamous "one percent" (perhaps some day), I have known and worked with enough men and women who are to notice that many (almost all) tell me that above a certain threshold (measured in tens or … [Read more...]

According to a reports published today, the Newt Gingrich campaign has borrowed a page from Massachusetts Republican Dan Webster and bounced a check — in this case, the filing fee required for Mr. Gingrich to appear on the Utah … [Read more...]

I was glad to see George W. Bush reminding American voters of the mess he and the Republicans created while they controlled the American government: "I wish they weren't called the Bush tax cuts," he said, chuckling, during a speech at … [Read more...]

Hot off the wires, Rick Santorum announced today (Tuesday) that he is suspending his campaign: Rick Santorum announced Tuesday that he is suspending his Republican presidential campaign after a weekend of "prayer and thought," effectively … [Read more...]