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I'm sure this will get plenty of play, but I wanted to point out that yesterday's "Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet" jok...

Wit from the Bench I was researching Supreme Court cases regarding the rights of students for an upcoming series on the Constitution when I ...

Drawing Conclusions goes light on the politics this week with a look at Pluto's demotion through the eyes of the Toronto Star's Dav...

Bogus pop-up of the day Yeah, I think I saw these girls the last time I drove through Fort Edward. They had the spreader loaded and they wer...

NYTimes exclusive: Water is a drowning hazard! (and math is hard!) HONOLULU, Aug. 25 — The blue waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands may ...

This job description is a lot funnier if you understand journalism pay scales Company: Democrat and ...

Here we go again. School is just around the corner and I've got mountains of stuff to get done in the next two weeks. This year's se...

No pida, no diga (an Ecuadorian pamphlet my co-worker, Peggy, came across. A translation I cobbled from Babelfish.)

And for everyone who thinks that life is just a game, do you like the part you're playing? Arthur Lee died the other day. That won'...

Bear in Hammock video -- A public service Ronnie writes: "You know, Mike, I think that forevermore I shall think of incredibly stupid, ...

This week in "Drawing Conclusions," Dr. C. Rice gets skewered by the pens of Robert Ariail and Etta Hulme. And on a lighter, but ...

Clueless in cyberspace I liked this "Monty" strip that ran last week, but I'm not so sure about this article from C/Net news ...

Bear-in-a-Hammock Alert! Or nearly so. Rob Harrell's Big Top shows the potential for this newest of X-sports. Hey, if poker and hot-dog...

My friend Ronnie sent me this Op-Ed piece from the NYTimes . It's by a guy who found himself on a commercial jet with a Marine escortin...

This week, "Drawing Conclusions" looks at civilian casualties in Lebanon through the eyes and pens of Ann Telnaes and Kal. It...

I was thinking about Jerry Bittle the other day. Jerry was one of those friends that you meet on-line and think that some day you'll get...

Back in June, I wrote about the inanity of network news , particularly the morning shows, which, at the moment, were endlessly replaying foo...

This week, Drawing Conclusions looks at the Lebanese crisis through the eyes of Israeli cartoonist Kichka and Lebanese cartoonist Stavro. Me...

Hope none of their parents are attorneys This is a very early strip from "Cleats," which is one of my favorites. Bill Hinds, the ...

Chuck Perrin, who runs a jazz club in San Diego , is a vestige of the old folk days in college. He was two years ahead of me and already fa...