Time for some bitter truth?

This weekend, we’re now hearing (the truth) that BP’s latest effort to stop the Gulf oil spill has been mostly a failure. President Obama has been down to visit and to claim that the Gulf Coast “is not alone,” but since our captains of industry and elected officials seem to be powerless to actually […]

There’s something about a surveillance camera that makes everyone look like a criminal. Take a look at this cam shot of Times Square, would-be victim of last weekend’s failed terrorist attack:

It makes me wonder if turning any city into a seething mass of amusement-seeking humanity is ever really a good idea.

In my usual roundabout way, while I was researching Chernobyl, I came across this Wikipedia article on the ecological theory of source and sink. A “source” is a habitat where a species does well, grows in population, and excess population disperses to a “sink,” often a less ideal habitat which paradoxically may become more […]

I have a confession to make: I haven’t played a video game since I was a teenager. Really.
I’m old enough to have been impressed by Pong, and I came of age during the Atari era. Nevertheless, my parents decided it would be forward-thinking and responsible of them to buy me […]

I have received my “the Census is coming” letter. Hopefully you did too, because this is The Most Important Census of Our Lifetimes. Stand up and be counted, or else much-needed funding or representation will go elsewhere — maybe to a county or state that’s more heavily populated with people who don’t think like you.
It […]

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G.M. Plans to Close Saab After Talks Collapse
Just pausing for a quick farewell to the family car of my childhood. Back in the ’70s, Saab didn’t have such a yuppified reputation, and was just a weird European brand that few people drove. My dad thought they were very cool, however, and from […]

Be thankful for your blessings this Thanksgiving, and reflect on the less fortunate.

The Post-Standard ran a story this past Sunday about the odyssey of a local Glock pistol, known to local police as “9 mm No. 1″ which was involved in 13 shootings and one armed robbery in the Syracuse area alone until its confiscation recently from its latest user, a 23-year-old man. (As one […]