Writing in The New Republic, Rob Walker (Slate’s “Moneybox” columnist)

Neato. My own kingdom. First thing I’ll do? …Feed the people, who ain’t got enough to eat. Shoe the children, with no shoes on their feet. House the people, livin’ in the street… Oh oh there’s a solution…. (so, er, anybody wanna lend me the $300K I need to get set up? If so, the tip jar’s over there on the right. Eternal thanks, and an instant seat on the

Neato. My own kingdom. First thing I’ll do? …Feed the people, who ain’t got enough to eat. Shoe the children, with no shoes on their feet. House the people, livin’ in the street… Oh oh there’s a solution…. (so, er, anybody wanna lend me the $300K I need to get set up? If so, the tip jar’s over there on the right. Eternal thanks, and an instant seat on the

Are the Nefilim, the giants who descended to earth, returning to Israel after 3200 years? Israeli author Barry Chamish thinks so. Here’s what the rare-book website “hidden mysteries” has to say: Return Of The Giants by Israeli author Barry Chamish documents a huge wave of UFO incidents in Israel since 1987, which include numerous encounters with giant beings. He backs his reporting with an abundance of photographic evidence, laboratory tests

Wow. Wow. Sorry, best I can do right now. I need to let it sink in.

Doubting Thomas tells the vivid story of his “peacetime” military service in Germany, and scolds some in the warblog crowd who are oftentimes quick to question the “patriotism” of frustrating contrarians like D.T. For the record, I’m not normally swayed by arguments that claim a moral or intellectual highground simply by virtue of their purveyor’s proximity to an incident or cause (“don’t tell me about war, buddy. I’m a Nam

“Your government has made it far too difficult — and far too dangerous — to cross the border illegally. So you owe us big time money, esse.” That’s the sentiment behind this $41 million lawsuit, filed on behalf of 11 dead immigrants who died crossing illegally into Arizona from Mexico. The action filed against the Department of Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asks for $3.75 million for

A lot of folks seem to be reaching this site looking for info on that horrid MIT-Harvard Divestiture tart, Nancy Kanwisher — the sad, milky frump whose remarkable blandness is outweighed only by her slack-jawed politics and an aversion to personal grooming. Welcome! What you’re looking for is here. Enjoy. And God bless you, Google.

[begin Je(nn)ff blog persona] …so today my wife and i are going out to lunch for indian food — the subcontinent kind of “indian” food, mind you, not the native american kind, which from what i can gather is all stews and corn (though the natives call corn “maize”) and buffalo meat. oh, and pumpkins. no, we’re going out for the lentils-and-potatoes kind of subcontinental indian food. not that i

[begin Je(nn)ff blog persona] …so today my wife and i are going out to lunch for indian food — the subcontinent kind of “indian” food, mind you, not the native american kind, which from what i can gather is all stews and corn (though the natives call corn “maize”) and buffalo meat. oh, and pumpkins. no, we’re going out for the lentils-and-potatoes kind of subcontinental indian food. not that i