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Shortly after noon today, a police officer was shot dead on the Virginia Tech campus. Minutes later, police discovered another body in a parking garage. The campus was locked down, cutting it off from the outside world. Information trickled...
After Herman Cain was accused of sexual harassment, his poll numbers rose and his campaign was flooded with donations. Although voters appreciated his lechery, they were ultimately drawn to somebody with more experience. The Republican party...
Now that I think of it, it does look like it could kill me. 18 people have died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with listeria. It is the worst food-related calamity since 40 men choked in Boston last month. ———- In Africa,...
This is actually one of the most flattering pictures of Greene available. Mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot, known for his work on fractals, died this week. Wikipedia insists that his middle initial doesn’t stand for anything, but it seems...
Up top for Jesus! …The Catholic Church revised its rules for dealing with the sexual abuse of children. Abandoning its medieval ways, the Vatican directed bishops to report cases of sexual abuse to the police, lifted the statute of limitations...
Watch out, Hawaii! Sue Lowden, the Republican frontrunner for Nevada’s Senate seat, declared that to bring down health care costs, patients should barter with their doctors. She stood by her comments, specifically proposing live chickens as...
[EDITOR’S NOTE: At long last, Andrew Luskin's tale comes to a close. To catch up, find previous chapters here: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4] Considering the stresses I had been put under that day, I consider what happened next...
[Editor's Note: Andrew Luskin's harrowing tales continue. To catch up, find previous chapters here: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3] We drank and I kept silent until Tom peeped up, asking me, “So how are you going to do it?” “Well,”...
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the third chapter in the increasingly outlandish chronicles of Andrew Luskin's most recent work. I'd like to think it's fiction, but with this guy you can never really know. The first chapter may be found here,...
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the second chapter in what I can only hope is a fiction piece written by Andrew Luskin. It is bizarre, enlightening, and makes me want to cry on the inside a little. The first chapter may be found here.] We arrived...
