Remembering Holocaust: the first British shots of WW II

The subject of the Holocaust is, frankly, too big for me to handle. There are people who made it their life study, there still are some surv...

A magic word against magic mushrooms

A bureaucrat, whose foremost ambition is to maintain the stasis, knows very well that the best way to avoid any change is to use the magic w...

The potential economic impact of Haredi men in the workforce

This article is a follow-up to one in which Naftali Bennett announced the publication o a Bill on military service for the Haredi. Unfortun...

Air France fined for being sensible

This short article tells of Air France being fined for kicking a "flytilla" (remember that ill-fated non-protest?) activist off a...

Howard Kurtz on Hillary Clinton: a backhanded compliment?

Hillary Clinton is incredibly popular right now in part because she's had diplomatic immunity for the past four years. Except for the af...

Russians having some fun with Dmitry Yakovlev bill: bring Sergey Brin back!

Dmitry Yakovlev bill is a purely political brain child of the Russian legislative branch. The Dima Yakovlev Bill bans entry to US citizens ...

The Council Has Spoken!

Council Winners *First place with 3 1/3 votes! Gay Patriot – Random Thoughts on Gay Marriage Second place with 2 1/3 votes – Joshuapundit...

North Korea: moment of explosion or bluff? And why Kim Jong Un is not crazy.

The Norks are doing it in the usual style , which is not to say much if there is no quote: We formally inform the White House and Pentagon t...

Male baldness and the eggheads' sensitivity

I would guess that there are some bald men between researchers too, but this article clearly points to a group of hairy and very insensitiv...

Gazan rocket scientists back in business

Probably the lesson taught last November has already evaporated from the overheated brains of assorted Gazan "activists": slowly b...

Watcher’s Council Nominations…From My Cold Dead Hands Edition

Council Submissions The Noisy Room – Google Honors Cesar Chavez on Easter Rhymes With Right – I Really Didn’t Want To Write About The Oba...

Justin Bieber: battery or spittery?

The intricacies of that language will, probably, remain sealed forever for me. This is the only conclusion I made from this article : Justin...