George Will is even more blunt: The answer? Do nothing that will delay bankrupt companies from filing for bankruptcy protection, so that improvident labor contracts can be unraveled, allowing the companies to try to devise plausible business models. Instead, advocates of a “rescue” propose extending to Detroit the government’s business model for the nation —… Continue reading

Jim Manzi on whether to bail out Detroit’s Big Three auto-makers:Let them Die.

Dogs and Cats Living Together Dept.Well, here’s something guaranteed to drive the PZ-ombies of this world up the wall: Stephen Hawking allowing himself to be blessed by the…the…Pope???!!What is the world coming to! According to John Bohannon in the latest issue of Science (not online for me): Scientists who gathered at the Vatican lastweek for… Continue reading

I think we’ve reached WTF time for what passes for the Massachusetts Republican Party. Jay Fitzgerald is all over it: “The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced a new party will have to be created to save what’s left of the GOP here.” Exactly.

Nice video here of a new pyramid discovered in Egypt, dating back around 4,000 years.