Nowhere Near the Edge

In another of Dan Neil's always-clever auto review columns in the LA Times , he takes a moment to deliver yet another screed against SUV...

Yes, there are tons of these kinds of items scurrying around the internet. I'm so proud. Texas 2005- 2006 Season and Bag Limit On Attor...

Kelly was honored as the Student of the Month for her class today. She also brought her report card home for the second trimester of the ye...

Picking up on an idea now being taught to impressionable psychology graduate students at George Mason University by my erstwhile roommate , ...

Oh yeah: pitchers and catchers report . Ah! I'm a fan of just about any sport, but I find that I largely ignore SportsCenter from Octo...

The official Congressional report on its inquiry into the response of government agencies to hurricane Katrina was released today. Popular ...

Chuck Norris is enjoying quite the renaissance these days. This article provides a succinct explanation as to why his name has been before...

The reports of SuitSat's swift demise were premature. According to Dad, the SuitSat is down on power for unknown reasons but continues ...

Even by the Bizarro World standards of professional sports, this is a little weird. ABC's longtime lead sports announcer, Al Michaels, ...

That's not some clever pun leading into a discussion of the raw utility of certain IKEA seating products. As of recently, it is my titl...

Leave it to the movie capital of the world to come up with a made-for-a-schlocky-Bruckheimer-film solution to the scourge of police pursuits...

Are you ready for the ultimate in nerdiness? The International Space Station has just jettisoned an old space suit into temporary orbit. H...

"Hybrids," or automobiles with both gasoline engines and electric motors designed to propel the vehicle, are the cool gadget to ha...

Here's a fun little internet time-waster. Remarkably, this is my result (I absolutely kid you not): You are a Porsche 911! You have a...

You have probably seen those motivational pictures of dramatic landscapes coupled to vague power words and motivational statements. You may...

In space news you might have missed, the space probe "Stardust," which flew through the tail of a comet, will be returning to eart...

Having spent a fair amount of time exiting local hardware stores during my time off over the holidays, I was again confronted with one of th...

My microwavable burrito (hey, I happen to like phosphates) came with stupifyingly accurate cooking instructions. Why doesn't every cook...

No sooner do I take Lincoln to task for burdening its new compact sedan with the Zephyr moniker than FoMoCo decides to eliminate names for...

In what has become a Christmas tradition, I spent the evening cooking Christmas Eve dinner for our family, including my in-laws, and cleanin...