ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

For some reason reading about the Republican resistance towards reauthorizing VAWA (the Violence Against Women Act) makes me think about fa...

Another installment in the American gun news: An attorney representing two women who were delivering newspapers when they were shot by ...

Small snow flurries are being promised here.  Or the snowmageddon as some call it.   It won't probably look as impressive as the pictur...

A study about mammograms for older women has some pretty shocking findings: The experts gathered and analyzed data from 1996 to 2006 on...

These pictures* about nature overtaking abandoned buildings, tunnels and so on are achingly beautiful. Why?  I'm not sure but there...

That would be Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader (R-Va).  I started chuckling when reading through his recent speech to the American Enterp...

Paul Campos wrote a column about the problems of the US college system and in particular the student loans.  It may be the case that colle...

A musical adaptation of Kaarlo Sarkia 's poem: A rough translation of the lyrics (by me and without the rhyme): Do not be afr...

The case of Chris Kyle has caught most attention recently.  Kyle was touted as the greatest sniper who ever lived but now he is dead , alon...

This is a fascinating story about how some gender differences probably came about:  Women and girls were not allowed to do certain things a...

It's this little piece of news I spotted on Twitter:   Marine Corps survey shows 17 percent of male Marine respondents say they woul...

Content Warning:  Rape Avoidance This one. It makes you think about the way we frame issues and it makes an important point.  Courses o...

Because I'm working on some evolutionary psychology stuff you are getting extra doses of all that makes me thunder about it.  Aren'...

I have no idea what the lyrics of that song are because English lyrics still give me trouble. I hope they are not somehow inappropri...

OK.  Now I'm getting worried about my mental health.  I've just finished quickly skimming  a study which concluded that based on d...

This piece about the dangers of leaving a child unattended in a locked car for a few minutes (when it is not hot)  reminded me of an earli...

Reading most of my evolutionary psychology (ep) posts in order, one after another, is quite an accomplishment.  I needed to do that for ano...

The story about a dolphin communicating with beached whales which then followed her easily to freedom.   Assuming it is a true story, it m...

And not just for conservative anger, by the way.  I've heard from several Liberals (mostly men but not just men) who viscerally hate he...

This is by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827): Writing shit about new snow for the rich is not art.