The ultimate Calvin and Hobbes compendium, comprised of every strip that was ever published. It doesn't get much better than this. 10056

This is Locke's most important work, in my opinion. It is the blueprint for a democratic government made up of multiple branches, with checks and balances between them. 9602

Basenjis can be quite fun to own, but you have to understand the breed and, above all, be smarter than the dog. 10151

If Kohn's ideas are from the mainstream of pedagogical thought, it's no wonder the US can't seem to educate it's children. 5174

In the 1950's, GE promised us a push-button future. To give us an example of that world, they advertised a push-botton oven. After nearly sixty years, my grandmother still has one of these and I've photographed it. 9161

You don't have to use SSL to provide a fairly secure login to your website. Here's how to use a challenge-response scheme to get around sending passwords over the internet in clear text 6387

Just a little Socratic dialog about media. 3857

The first in what I hope will be a lengthy series of tales about Pascal Barnes. 2494

George Orwell is known for the book 1984 but there are many other reasons to admire this heroic individual. 3862

Bush had it all: smarts, vision and a sense of history 3541

The image of Diem has evolved over the years. From Karnow's judgement to Moyar's we see a distinct pattern emerge. 11277

You never know what you're going to run into when you start reading the classics. 10112

Yuri Bezmenov claimed that the KGB had, in essence, taken over Look magazine. Was he crazy? 12903

Reza Aslan's book does more than explain the history of Islam. It explains a lot about the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East today. 9186

One more installment of the Life Magazine, 1964 series. 10508

Part three in the series about evens of 1964 as portrayed in Life Magazine. 7165

I can refute Intelligent Design with a single snapshot. 8207

Intelligent Design is a joke. Nature is full of severely unintelligent design. 6964

There is more to walking than meets the eye — particularly if you have four feet. This is a pictoral essay on the various four-legged gaits. 5682

Willy Ley is a hero of the "space race" and this book was one of his most influential. 5356

Saturn's moon Enceladus is turning out to be full of surprises. 4935

Say hello to Saturn's moon Epimetheus. 4883

The Model-View-Controller design pattern never seems to fail me. 7539

Comment spam is a pain in the butt, but there are ways around it that don't require too much effort. 4895

Paul Berman's book takes a deep look at the origins of Islamist Extremism. 5452

Today seems like a good day to cover a little of the history of Islamic Totalitarianism and understand clearly "why they hate us". 5325