Month: January 2010

Of the 84,000 chemicals in commercial use in the United States — from flame retardants in furniture to household cleaners — nearly 20 percent are secret, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, their names...

I always wonder what American conservatives think when they read about conservative asshats in other countries, like Iraq. Do they recognize themselves? Or do they somehow keep those two thoughts segregated. And, if the latter,...

The end of a year – and especially the end of a decade – warrants both retrospective reflection and predictions of what is to come.  Currently there seems to be much consensus, especially around the 2000s as a...

It looks like the House and Senate will ping-pong the health care bill. I previously said that it would be a betrayal to use the ping-pong method, but now that I see their reasons I understand why they want to do it this way and...

We entertained relatives today and realized that little Finn has his uncle’s gargantuan feet and toes. I watched the Giants get humiliated. I lost in the finals of our Fantasy Football league (congratulations to Viera...