Sometimes the cartoon world, at least as reflected in the colorful pictures and captions of mass media, gets so bonkers that a real-world headline would be right at home in a humor magazine. Take the ludicrous bauble that prompted this article. It appeared in no less a distinguished plac ...

As the world indulges in another reverent obeisance to the Nobel Prize and its genuinely laudable recipients, we should take a moment to observe that Alfred Nobel has been excluded. What Have you noticed that the prizes in science go with reliable regularity to very deserving academic re ...

Were going to attempt what, until now, seems undoable for an infidel: write about Islamic behavior in a way that doesnt upset Muslims or anybody else. Is that a challenge or isnt it Not really. All it takes, we think with persistent resistance to despair, is unwavering fairness, inarguab ...

Think about the Mars Rovers Opportunity and Spirit, the solar-powered vehicles that were designed to carry on for ninety days of Martian exploration but have now gone ten times that long and are still going and going. Witness the great shots Opportunity just sent back from the edge of t ...

It appears that fish oil prevents second heart attacks but primarily in Europe. It has become the usual practice over there to prescribe purified fish oil to patients who have had a heart attack. Their longevity increases through the likely benefit of preventing future heart attacks. But ...

Yet another bleak new book about the end of life on the earth has emerged from the darkling presses, Cormac McCarthys The Road. Unnfortunately, the author skips something that has not yet occurred: the beginning of life on earth. In the book, a father and son, who are survivors of a nucl ...

Continuing Readers: Please, page down past the brief introductory material. New Readers: If you missed a previous part, youll find it elsewhere on this site or at NewsLaugh.com. Heres the brief introduction to these remarkable notes, repeated for your convenience. An unexpected manuscr ...

Why is President Bush unconcerned about his approval rating, which has now sunk to 33% Hes certain its at an all-time high. How does he know He asked his ever-faithful wife. For instance, here is the transcript of a discussion with the reliable spouse that was leaked to the press by thei ...

Hear little Kim Jong Il wail, Wah! Wah! I need more financial aid, and, so Im going to throw a nuclear tantrum, until you give me all the monetary milk I need. And just to make his point, he actually did go and set off an underground nuclear test. The testy child is afflicted with an opp ...

Hardly a day goes by that we dont hear FED Chairman Ben Bernake or some other voice of the government bemoaning the sad and unsustainable expense of Social Security. You know the drill: How can it go on with all the baby boomers reaching retirement age Heres Bernake at his most daring to ...

Self help programmes have always been bad but now they are all over the internet as well. "I was deeply pathetic until I learned the power of speed reading/holistic brain surgery/masturbatory hypnosis/insert steaming load here" What astounds me is that people sign up and pay for these t ...

We have noticed along the highways and byways that, while we used to see an occasional trooper or local police officer waiting around the next curve with his radar alert for speed infractions, we now spot the cagy gentlemen nearly every time we drive for even a few miles. Alert to the hi ...

Just when George Bush was winning a victory in the Senate for the right to handle terrorists in a moderately terrifying way, it looks as if he can expect slower help from Swift, the Belgian banking consortium known as the letterhead-heavy Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecom ...

I was roadie for Martyn Brown on one of his mobile disco shows last week. As you may know, one of Martyn's home businesses is running a mobile disco agency where he is self employed as a disc jockey. I don't normally roadie for him but his usual guy couldn't make the venue so he aske ...

I found myself having to catch a bus last week, the second week of the children's school summer holiday. I was instructed to take my son to his Grandma's house and with my wife having the car it left me with no choice but to do something that I hadn't done for over twenty years - take th ...

1) Challenge the instructor to a drag race at Deadmans Curve after the test finishes 2) Insist on playing your own mix tape really loudly while driving 3) Rev the engine and beep the horn furiously if any kids wave at you through the back window 4) Slow down and whistle and holler at a ...

I saw the dirty old jacket lying on the floor of the train and I knew I had to act fast. Time was a factor, and decisive action needed to be taken. The Eastbound LRT was stopped at a station. I was standing in the area near the door when I saw a bum's jacket drop to the floor unbeknownst ...

Top 20 Statements, Comments & Questions At Christmas time 1 This single cream seems to be thicker than the double cream 2 Who's gonna pull this cracker with me 3 Put your Christmas party hat on, you miserable git. 4 Where did you buy your crackers, they're really good. 5 Do you want ...

The laudable but not overwhelmingly effectual organization, Amnesty International, released an unusual report that had two well-balanced goals. The first was, as one would expect, to point out abuses that suspected terrorists can be exposed to, for instance, summary shipment to Gitmo, wi ...

Sometimes the cartoon world, at least as reflected in the colorful pictures and captions of mass media, gets so bonkers that a real-world headline would be right at home in a humor magazine. Take the ludicrous bauble that prompted this article. It appeared in no less a distinguished plac ...