‘Dry Bones’? Hardly — There’s Still Life In Detroit
“Girdles and red nail polish and intestinal cleansing and bar fights and sewer pipes and wiretaps and eternal life and …
President Pledges Transparency On Drone Strikes
In an apparent reference to U.S. drone strikes, President Obama in his State of the Union defended the administration’s continued …
Born First And Headed For Health Trouble?
Firstborn children end up a little taller, smarter and richer than their younger siblings, on average. But are the eldest …
Demands for different farmers means snow may not be too helpful
Some trying to re-fill stock ponds didn’t see much benefit from yesterday’s storm
Rubio’s Big Drink Gets Big Buzz
While Eyder was following the news from Tuesday’s State of the Union address and others were analyzing what it all …
Lost In Everett’s Hall Of Metafictional Mirrors
A friend of mine, with more than half a lifetime in the business of writing and a following of devoted …
Book News: Disgraced ‘New Yorker’ Author Talks Plagiarism — For A $20,000 Fee
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Jonah Lehrer, the science writer who resigned from …
Single Gunshot Reportedly Ends Dramatic California Manhunt
As investigators work to determine whether the charred body inside a California mountain cabin is that of former Los Angeles …
How Oklahoma got universal pre-K
President Obama tipped his hat to the state’s program in Tuesday’s State of the Union
Violence in Mali has many concerned about historic manuscripts
Mali has seen a spate of violence in recent weeks, and there’s concerns not only about human life, but the …









