The U.S. Congress is looking to vote on an appropriations bill that, among other things, will revise the guidelines set for federally-funded school lunch programs. In a move eerily similar to the “ketchup is a vegetable” rules in the ’80s, the new guidelines will allow frozen pizzas to be classified ...

Why are those who so ardently defend the Constitution not speaking up when police keep forcibly removing those who are trying to exercise such a clear and simple right? Amendment I Congress shall make no law ... prohibiting the free exercise thereof ... the right of the people peaceably to ...

I don't usually get political, but Rick Perry's performance during the latest GOP debate inspired this cartoon. CLICK THE CARTOON TO MAKE IT BIGGER.

SNAP CRACKLE POP... ow. Yup, Da-da's compass needle pointed directly east into the rising sun this equinoctial juncture, confirming this, our 5+ billionth equinox for planet earth. And of course after staring into the rising sun for too long in the interests of science, Da-da's eyes burned to a crisp, were ...

Beware the future, politicos: even four-year-olds can see through you. A little glimpse of the transparent/demographic future. Once the kid-show he was watching was over, Da-da's youngest, 4YO Bronko, was forced to watch a PBS talk show for all of thirty seconds while Da-da was making lunch. Da-da's hands were too ...

I really enjoyed playing baseball back when I was a kid. I played all positions except catcher.  I was a pitcher for a while, but in the middle of the season, a rule was passed an 11 year old can't pitch to an 8 year old (the "minor" league team ...

A quick shout out to our Canadian readers. This is May 2 and that means today is general election day. Yes, again (the third since 2006) and the 41st since Confederation. My kids have been talking about this for weeks and while they’re a little young to be casting a ...

For it is important that awake people be awake, or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep; the signals we give–yes or no, or maybe– should be clear: the darkness around us is deep. – William Stafford from “A Ritual to...

What lingering effect did the 1980s have on our society and culture today? David Sirota tries to answer that question in his new book, Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now — Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything. Full of pop culture references ...

So Nick was invited to Trevor’s party, which he wanted to go to. Except that Trevor’s best friend Kyle was also invited. Which posed a problem because Nick knew that Trevor would mostly play with Kyle at the party, instead of with Nick. A So Nick told Trevor he wasn’t ...