Dollar Decline

What’s the historic trend on dollar weakness?

Well Done, Dearborn

By engaging in a blatantly unconstitutional prosecution of Pastor Terry Jones, Dearborn has actually boosted his nonsensical cause.

Tea Party Politics At The State Level: Less Libertarian, More Authoritarian

If you look at the Tea Party’s impact on state politics, you see it really isn’t much different from the Religious Right.

OTB Caption Contest Winners

The Fickle Finger of Fate Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over.

Google’s Android Phones Also Collecting User Location Data

Apple isn’t the only company collecting data off their smartphones.

More Poll Numbers (None of Them Especially Happy)

The new CBS/NYT poll is out and the numbers are not exactly happy, no matter whom you support.

No Matter Where You Go, There Your iPhone Is

Why, yes, my iPhone has indeed been tracking me since last summer.

Pesticide Exposure Leads to Lower IQs in Children

A survey of three studies demonstrates consistently that exposure to certain pesticides used in farming diminishes mental development.

Obama vs. Pentagon on Libya

The Pentagon is frustrated that the Obama administration doesn’t “seem to understand what military force can and cannot do.”

OTB Caption Contest

Time for the Thursday OTB Caption ContestTM

A Magic Formula for Gas Prices?

Is there a magic formula to fix soaring gas prices? A Washington Examiner editorial claims to have found it.

Disadvantages of an Elite Education

While elite schools confer many advantages on their graduates, they also wall them off from normal people and create an entitled, out-of-touch elite.

Obama Administration Lobbied Standard & Poor’s Not To Lower Debt Outlook

Standard & Poor’s didn’t believe the Obama Administration’s argument that Washington would be able to fix the deficit. There’s no reason they should have.

Barack Obama Pirate Photo

Barack Obama dressed as a pirate

Libya Mission: Creeping

One can almost hear the pitter-patter of American boots in the distance.

More Cautionary Poll Tales

It is waaay too early to be putting much stock in polling for 2012 (either in terms of X v. Obama or GOP v. GOP).

Factoid of the Day: Tornado Edition

Mobile homes account for nearly half of all tornado deaths in the United States.

Robert H. Lister: The Rest of the Story

What ever became of Private Robert H. Lister of the 165th Infantry?