Sunday, March 2, 2008
Are We Approaching the Era of Minority Rule?
Days after the Archbishop of Canterbury said accepting some form of Islamic law is the only way to foster social harmony in Western societies, it seems many are taking his advice. Harvard University recently instituted women-only hours at the school gym in response to demands from campus Muslims who...
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Saturday, March 1, 2008
And in Atlanta: Reformed Smoker is a Crime Fighter...
Fed up with drug dealers and thieves in his neighborhood, a tavern owner has built his own RoboCop robot. The remote-controlled device is made from an infrared camera, a water cannon, a three-wheeled scooter and an old meat smoker. Through loudspeakers, Rufus Terril can warn miscreants and thieves...
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Today’s Special – Lickable Magazines...
Just as scent strips revolutionized perfume advertising, a grape juice brand is being marketed inside magazines with ‘lick strips’ offering a taste of the product. Each strip features a use-once cover that lets you know someone has already slurped the magazine. The creation of marketing firm First...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
William F. Buckley, jr., (1925 – 2008), R.I.P.
The gifted and brilliant American thinker, commentator and raconteur, founder of the National Review, is dead. His sharp wit was matched only by his unfailingly cheerful civility, never stooping to the vulgar vituperation and mud-slinging that have become a staple in what currently passes for...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Try and forget this by the next time you fly...
Then there was a study that questioned the efficacy and purpose of the intensive screening of travelers at airports. The researchers, from Harvard, MIT and the Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis, note that no scientific evaluation has ever been done of the “screening tools currently in...
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Eye-Opening Sex...
Anatomical features that took millennia to evolve can revert in a single generation. Specifically, sex between blind cavefish, if done right, can lead to progeny that can see. The blind, albino, cave-dwelling form of the Mexican tetra (Astyanax Mexicanus) evolved from ancestors whose eyesight...
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Today’s Special...Baked-Bean Sommeliers...
The makers of Heinz baked beans are inspired by the work of sommeliers, who recommend wines to accompany entrees. So Heinz has hired some in Britain to recommend beers that would best accompany its new line of beans, which includes flavours such as Lincolnshire sausage. To support the sommeliers’...
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Friday, February 22, 2008
More news from China, and especially Chinese women...
China has officially passed Canada to become the US ’s top exporter, thanks to its ample, cheap supply of flat-screen TVs, toys and appliances. But a document released last week by the US State Department’s historian’s office shows that the trade relationship between those two countries was not...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
And in China: Bring out Your Online Dead...
Authorities in Beijing have undertaken an exorcism of the internet, demanding removal of all ghosts and demons. To protect China from “wronged spirits, demons, and other inhuman portrayals”, the General Administration of Press and Publications has told producers of online video and audio content to...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Cheer up, boomers...
By 2026, one in five Canadians will be 65 or older – a huge burden on the labour market and the health care system. But there is a bright side to the country’s aging population: more people will be smiling. According to a new study, the road to personal happiness is shaped like the letter “U” – joy...
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