The majority of what I write is satirical fiction. You would think that the headline “College is Bad for America, Say Majority of Republicans,” would be one of those satirical headlines. After all, how can college be bad for America? Even if you don’t like a particular subject, or a particular professor, isn’t it a […] More
We’re still a long way away from being able to target a torpedo down an exhaust shaft that’s only two meters wide, but the University of Surrey’s RemoveDEBRIS satellite just did something that could put mankind squarely on the road toward being able to one day blow up a Death Star. From a distance of 20 […] More
Yesterday, NASA announced what most of us had been fearing since last June: that the Mars Opportunity rover is officially dead. Despite being aware of what NASA was going to say, many of us (present company included) had a strong emotional reaction to the news. I found myself questioning why so many of us felt […] More
Alex Jones is a bottom feeder among bottom feeders. It’s everyone’s right to listen to and believe whatever they want, but categorically, empirically, Jones is a scumbag conman who peddles snake oil and dangerous, violent conspiracies like pizzagate. For years, Alex has made his living riling up ignorant and easily gullible people, spinning every tragedy […] More
