Random Thoughts

If you are a long-time Thor comic book reader, you know Thor's hammer used to be really, really heavy. That means Thor used to be really, really strong.  Somewhere along the way Big Hulk…

A group of political scientists says a growing field of research has found links to genetics and political preferences - well, sort of. They don't come right out and declare a genetic component…

I’m going to go out on a limb, and write about guns. Specifically, handguns and so-called “assault weapons.” I’m not going to opine about what the law should or shouldn’t be, but only about the…

Two Asian charities have joined forces with the U.S. National Funeral Directors' Association (NFDA) to get people to start thinking about deathcare rather than healthcare. No, deathcare is not…

During the short time that Roy Thomas took over as writer of the Fantastic Four from Stan Lee, the original writer, it got a lot better.  I know, I know, that is blasphemy.(1) There is a reason…

Sometimes, conversations/threads have a useful life that extends beyond either the presently limited lifetime for comments stimulated by a particular article, or the context of the article that…

There was an old man and a second, older man who was considerably older than the old man; they were visiting a very old man.  The afternoon passed without them saying a word.  As the sun…

If you subscribe to New Scientist, you can read an excerpt of "Science Left Behind" by their editors, drawn from the book and dealing with some of the more nonsensical ways progressives get catered…

Two weeks ago I got a call inviting me to attend one of the inauguration balls for President Obama. But it wasn't to be held in Washington, D.C. it was in Texas. Texas? you might think, but aren't…

I am changing my nickname on a few sites I visit - ones where a nickname is useful - to "allhadronic". The name makes reference to the hadronic final state of certain particle decays. Hadron comes…