Richard Miniter starts his column about the release of new information on the flying imams by saying, “The case of U.S. Airways flight 300 gets stranger by the minute.” Well, not to me.  My first thought when I read about the incident was that it was exactly what passenger and witness “Pauline” says it was in a letter to U.S. Airways, a stunt to get airlines to ease up on

Carnal Cruise Lines and Time Magazine are teaming up to offer a fabulous tour of Gay Catholic Italy, hosted by Andrew Sullivan: I’ve often wondered how many straight Catholics fully appreciate how gay their church has always been. Especially in the old days. High Mass was, in its heyday, more elaborate and choreographed than a very melodramatic Broadway musical. Do people really believe that gay priests and religious had nothing

I’m curious. This is a very manly blog and I have a question for the manly men who read this blog: Would you use the Male Contraceptive Pill? Here’s some more info: However the new pill being researched by scientists at King’s College London, contains chemicals that prevent ejaculation and could be in tablet-form. Men could take one daily, just like the female pill, or have one a few hours

From the Manufacturing News Desk: Nearly two-thirds of Britons think the fiery Italian sauce Arrabiata is a sex infection, according to a survey on Friday. The survey, of 1,015 people and released on World AIDS day, also showed nearly half were unable to identify a range of common sexual complaints. “What is very worrying is the lack of knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) revealed in the survey,” said sex

Before I go out and get “defeated” in a snowball fight with my kids (their word, not mine) I thought I would make my last guest post.  I give you the Blizzard Edition of the News of Afghanistan. “Lets hear from our traffic reporter in Parwan, Major John.” “Uh, traffic sucks…” “What?” “Really, it has actually been sucked into the mucky strip of ground that has been alleged to be

I just received the following press release from FIRE’s Director of Legal and Public Advocacy, Samantha Harris, which details how institutions of higher learning use threats of reprisal to chill student speech.  In this case, the University in question is one of my alma maters, Johns Hopkins—heightening my outrage: […] Johns Hopkins University has suspended a student for an entire year for posting Halloween party invitations that some students found

“Graphic Novel” illustrator Dave Cockrum wasn’t just drawing the dream, he lived it, all the way down to his Underoos. X-Men’s Dave Cockrum Dies at 63 By KATRINA A. GOGGINS The Associated Press Tuesday, November 28, 2006; 6:01 PM COLUMBIA, S.C.—Comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum, who in the 1970s overhauled the X-Men and helped popularize the relatively obscure Marvel Comics title into a publishing sensation and eventually a major film

Scots’ alcohol habits cause alarm Many young Scots regularly wake up unable to remember how much they drank the night before, a survey has claimed. The Scottish Executive poll of 1,000 Scots found 55% of 18 to 24-year-olds fell into this category compared with 27% of all adults questioned. Almost a third of the respondents said they have chosen to drink when they did not want to rather than decline.

I was hanging out with the armadillo last weekend, just sitting around the house and having a few, you know?  Like six or seven.  Doubles.  Anyway, about halfway through I lost what little manners I have and started prying.  I wanted to know what he’d been doing since the last time I saw him. The conversation went something like this:

5: It gets you really high. 4: That little mishap with the electric carving knife?  Only a flesh wound. 3: You wake up at 2:30 a.m. to see a zebra at the foot of your bed staring at you…and you feel just fine about it and go back to sleep. 2: You wake up at 4:30 a.m. and go to the kitchen for a drink of water, stand in the