"... everywhere was at peace, all laws were decent and were upheld, who was it who dared accost him in his own home?" A Kafka quot...
The most amusing lines come from Alder Lauren Cnare: "We could have come up with a set of guidelines that would have helped people be...
"... fearful that city regulators will come crashing in and accuse the pubs of sponsoring drinking games." “If two friends at a ba...
"Why should they be forbidden to bake ginger-bread just because Joseph thought it bad for the stomach? Why the Imperial edict demanding...
"... this law shatters the anorexic ideal serving as an example for the country’s youth." The new law, known as the “photoshop la...
$7 billion! Why, if that were one person's entire fortune, he'd only be #50 on the Forbes list of richest Americans . He'd only ...
... but not for the reason the FAA seems to want you to believe. If progress [toward changing the rules] is slow, there will eventually be a...
Asks David B. Agus, a USC medicine and engineering professor, in an op-ed that's #1 on the NYT "most emailed" list: The answe...
"Dustin Drake was reportedly told to leave the school when the costume he wore to honor his mother was allegedly deemed inappropriate f...
Wrote the federal judge who struck down Utah's requirement that you need a cosmetology license to work as a hair braider. This is a shar...
"... or unknowingly violating a foreign statute could shut down their company and land them or their employees in jail," wrote He...
Asks Randy Cohen , the original NYT "ethicist," who admits to treating stop signals as yield signals when he's on his bicycle....
"I think that’s what the public wants the mayor to do." Elsewhere, "all over the United States," they "are wringing...
Because something must be done about all those drivers who keep backing up into and over children. This will add $160 to $200 to the price o...
"... from cereal sugar levels to mascots to TV ads, is under scrutiny."
"While I appreciate the value of wearing a ski helmet, I am concerned about the continuing and seemingly inexorable transfer of authori...
The Fish and Wildlife Service agents come after the manufacturer of electric guitars. And why you don't want to travel outside of the co...
Not because it's too much nannyism. It's just too much trouble. Federal officials on Friday rejected Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s pr...
The FDA — with pressure short of an actual ban — has driven the product off the market. Four Loko combines one cup of coffee's worth of...
It's Day 7 of this 35 day project . ( The set thus far. ) As you may remember, I've just made my way into the Van Gogh Museum, which...
