After assuming command of NATO in 1950, then General Eisenhower said “If in 10 years, all American troops stationed in Europe for national defense purposes have not been returned to the United States, then this whole project will have failed.” The Cold War is over. NATO has long… Read full post »

Occupy Chicago decided during a Friday General Assembly meeting to attempt to formally make a permanent home in Congress Park on Michigan Avenue. After weeks of a “mobile occupation,” activists decided to enter into what they called "Phase 3," another a show of solidarity with those i… Read full post »

Walking south down LaSalle Street from the Chicago River, there were few signs anything was happening outside the normal mechanics of an average Wednesday. Commuters carried their usual baggage towards their transit points home and the city lights slowly began to glow as the night crept into… Read full post »

Thanks to the President’s appearance on Mythbuster’s, Slate’s Daniel Sarewitz looked into a year and a half old survey from the Pew Research Center on the public’s perceptions of science and scientists and social perceptions of the science community. The survey spends a few pa… Read full post »

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern published a brilliant and damning piece regarding former President Bush’s upcoming memoir, Decision Points. In his essay, McGovern points out W’s little talked about “damn right” remarks he made when authorizing the waterboarding of terrorist… Read full post »

Now that the polls have closed and American voters are either flaunting their victories or crying in their post electoral concession beers, voters can rest easy that they helped facilitate some change or did their civic duty. Major corporations, “super” PAC’s and the candidates… Read full post »

Yesterday, Tea Party darling and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul told Kentucky voters that Medicaid is “intergenerational welfare.” In an interview with local chamber of commerce leaders, Paul implied the program reaches out far beyond the truly needy and has loose eligibili… Read full post »

Here in America, we all have two civic duties. We pay our uncle Sam once a year for the privilege of his protection and once and awhile he asks us to judge our peers by sitting on a jury. According to uncle Sam's employees, jury duty is an exciting window to… Read full post »

 As Mad_Typist pointed out, the Sci Fi Channel has decided to give another middle finger to its main viewers. In an idiotic attempt to reach out to people who apparently aren't “geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that,” the Sci/… Read full post »

Sometimes, it pays to be a jaded, cynical jerk. Okay, it doesn't pay - but I hardly find myself asking questions like "how could this happen" or "who's going to pay me restitution for this issue?!?!?!" when it comes to purchases. After all, I live in America - the land of… Read full post »

All this has happened before and will happen again...and again...and _{again...and again}.

When I saw the first commercial for the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series, I felt beyond excited. I grew up watching reruns of the original series, watching the last vestiges of humanity battle evil tin cans/… Read full post »

Mr. President,

I realize you're a busy man so I won't take too much of your time. Let's face it, like all presidents, you've made plenty of campaign promises and you've got to figure out how to either keep them or shift the public's view from them. Plus,… Read full post »

First, evil doers used strange hand signals, weird languages, and secret codes scrawled on pieces of paper. They exchanged hasty glances and briefcases in crowded public spaces or anonymous lockers in train stations. They horded copies of the Farmer's Almanac, carefully mining it for data on where to… Read full post »