Like many people, we’ve been watching the images coming out of Iran today where voters are selecting a president. The polls had to be ordered to stay open to accommodate the crush of voters. It’s the kind of factoid that can easily lead one to sigh and think, “If only we took elections that seriously.” Read more →
Among the day’s unanswerable questions — why can’t the Twins win on the road or when will the Minnesota Senate race end, for example — we add one more this afternoon: Why do we have fingerprints? Up until now, it’s been theorized that fingerprints exist to create friction when we grab things. Scientists today announced Read more →
I stumbled across this while doing some Google searches this morning. The governor is buying ads on Google to tout his Web site, which asks for political contributions, even though he’s already announced he’s not running again. Apparently they’ve been running for at least a week. Based on our own knowledge of Googleads, playing around Read more →
Singing is healthy, space is still cool, charter schools get creative, Colbert channels Bob Hope, and conservatives react to the Holocaust Museum shooting.
Repo men to the rich and famous, a Patchwork Nation, what happens when you click, why do we lay off good teachers, and remembering the World Trade Center.
Bob Collins
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What front pages reveal about us
The Holocaust Museum shooting: What’s happening here?
An apology