World in the Making

Don't Leaf Me Now; or, Lawn But Not Forgotten

Before the last of the illegal aliens from Mexico is deported, would someone please make sure they leave behind instructions for operating a leaf blower.

Bow to Win Friends and Influence People

Photos in a video posted on YouTube contrast the self-respecting, appropriate comportment of a multitude of world leaders on meeting the emperor of Japan, with the self-abasing, inappropriate bowing on that occasion by President of the United States Barack Hussein Obama.

Prelude To A Bris

Some public health officials in the U.S. and other domestic "experts" think it might be a good idea, in fighting the "epidemic" of AIDS, to require that all baby boys in the country be circumcised.

Thin Blue McLine; or, Falling Down's McSyndrome

A Denver cop is suspended for brandishing a gun at the drive-thru window of a local McDonalds, where he was incensed at the slow service.

Uncle Tim's Cabinet

President Obama said he will not accept the resignation of his Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, even if Geithner were to tender it.

Baracket Creep

President Obama, a big basketball fan and a player on his high school team, analyzes the upcoming NCAA tournament and offers up his picks to win in each of the rounds.

Drood Awakening

Three novels have recently been published that are all of them based on an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Green Piece; or, Water Under the Bris

A doctor in Australia encourages men to get circumcised as a way of saving the environment.

A Bitter Dill to Swallow

An amateur historian tells the story of the last eunuch in China, once an attendant to an emperor and his wife, whose hopes for riches and power, through his connection to the emperor, were dashed in the Communist revolution.

The woman in the photo is Zhang Ziyi, a Chinese movie actress.

Fart from the Madding Cow; or, The Methane of Cowdor

             Air is foul, and foul is air. 

On the pretext of fighting global warming, government in Denmark and Ireland seek a tax on livestock, for their flatulence.