Oh please, no. Please let it be some kind of early April fool’s joke! Someone tell me it’s a lie that there’s going to be a spinoff of Jersey Shore: The producers do not yet have a deal to make the show, but, so far, they have received hundreds of audition videos. “Yesterday someone posted [...]

That’s the question I’ve been wondering. Fortunately the people at Crooks and Liars have the answer: -Adult children may remain as dependents on their parents’ policy until their 27th birthday -Children under age 19 may not be excluded for pre-existing conditions -No more lifetime or annual caps on coverage -Free preventative care for all -Adults [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union isn’t too happy with the University’s strict rules limiting political canvassing in dormitories. The Michigan Daily reported Friday that Mary Sue Coleman received a collaborative letter from University, county, and state chapters of the ACLU urging her to lift the current ban preventing political candidates and supporters from campaigning door-to-door [...]

Paul Krugman has a pretty good op-ed in the New York Times today about why he thinks we should pass the current health care legislation. Basically, Krugman thinks it’s morally obligatory to pass the bill (to stop the predatory practices of some insurance companies), and he thinks that while the current bill isn’t perfect, it’s [...]

Over in Spain a tradition of the Las Fallas festival is a display of satirical sculptures of public figures. Here is one of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with three women  (look closely. There are three, I assure you) in a hot tub. The joke is based on Berlusconi infamous lecherous nature. You can see [...]

Most people in America don’t know very much about Buddhism, and in my opinion that’s a bit tragic.  In the minds of many, Buddhism is an image of consumerism, more New Age quackery, or just the same thing as Hinduism, but these are all wide of the mark to varying degrees.  Buddhism is strikingly different from [...]