As the debate over whether to drill for oil in a tiny, desolate portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) grows – however improbably – even more contentious, it is important to remember that honest debate must be properly ... READ MORE
Jeff Harrell shows how to use box shadows to liven up your web art, and has even assembled a little demo of the technique he uses that visitors to his site can download and use on their own sites if ... READ MORE
I'm involved in a very mild debate on the Center for Faith in Politics blog over religion, politics and money (a debate over religion, politics and money that has not descended into name calling -- miracle of miracles). Specifically, we ... READ MORE
The Periodical has a map showing gasoline taxes on a state-by-state basis. New Yorkers top the chart by paying 63 cents per gallon in state (44.5 cents) and federal (18.4 cents) gas taxes combined. (As bad as that is, it ... READ MORE
Peyton Knight writes to say: New Scientist reports that the current push by the European Union and Britain to meet their Kyoto Protocol emissions reduction targets is "having the perverse effect of encouraging the destruction of tropical rainforests."Both the EU ... READ MORE
Robert Stevens of Alphabet City writes to recommend the new blog Talisman Gate by Iraqi writer and analyst Nibras Kazimi. Nibras is a visiting scholar at the Hudson Institute, a highly-regarded think-tank, and a weekly columnist for the New York ... READ MORE
"Impact of Climate Change 'Can be Likened to WMD'," screams a headline based on remarks by Lord Robert May in Britain's left-wing Independent newspaper. So, have they found the WMDs? The Independent says this nob is criticizing George W. Bush ... READ MORE
Patrick Hynes of Ankle Biting Pundits has a column saying: Americans who attend church with greater frequency than their neighbors tend to be richer, healthier, and happier, less prone to commit acts of crime, and more likely to get and ... READ MORE
Paul Jacob takes aim against judges who sentencing "creatively," and concludes the practice is unconstitutional. Cases in point: Judge Michael A. Cicconetti's sentencing two individuals to spend the night in the woods, and "forc[ing] a man who called a policeman ... READ MORE
Elizabeth Marquardt, writing in the Boston Globe, explains why even low-conflict divorces are extremely difficult for children: In a first-ever national study, the grown children of divorce tell us there's no such thing as a ''good" divorce. This nationally representative ... READ MORE
