Danish Plan
Nixon explains the election
The Idea Fairy and I were testing out a new batch of edibles we’d baked when there was a knock on the door.
It was...
Biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history? Hogwash!
In the course of reporting that BP had finally stopped the flow of oil in its Macondo well, a CNN reporter casually referred to the blowout as “the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.” Obama said the same thing a couple of months ago. They are both full ...
The return of the ferret
Good news. The Black-footed ferret, once called the most endangered mammal on the planet, is coming to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal...
China building world’s tallest skyscraper — in record time
According to the ConstructionWeekOnline website, Broad Sustainable Building, a Chinese company, has broken ground for a new high-rise it is building in Changsha, China...
Trump puts a horse head in the Ayatollah’s bed
It’s easy to over-think Trump’s motives in greasing Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. What he really did was plant a horse head in Ayatollah Khamenei’s...
Who killed Proposition 19?
Polls taken in California last year and earlier this year found a majority of the state’s voters favored the legalization of marijuana...
Nixon explains why Trump won
The Idea Fairy and I were kicking back after the election when suddenly the door flew open and a shadowy figure emerged through the...
Obama’s clueless view of ISIL
I would feel a lot better about Obama’s prospects for kicking the Islamic State’s ass if it weren’t for what he said in the fourth paragraph of his speech to the nation last week...
The sneak attack on Amendment 64
The drug war dead-enders and nanny-statists who want to recriminalize marijuana in Colorado think they have hit on a cunning new strategy to do the deed...
UFOs: Undocumented aliens or black projects?
The best news stories are mysteries, and the queen of journo mysteries is the UFO story. It’s been around since World War II, when...
Orwell got it backwards
Recently someone in Iran or Turkey had an insight: Just as war is too important to be left to the generals, peace activism is too important to be left to the pacifists. As a result, Islamists around the Middle East are getting in touch with their inner peace ...
Reports of the death of the oil industry are greatly exaggerated
A year ago, a lot of green- washed Luddites were wondering out loud about whether the global collapse of oil prices would accomplish what...











