As regular readers would have guessed by now, I am very fond of Baxter the Wonder Dog. I think it is safe to say that most people either like dogs a lot or are indifferent to them, with only a few actively disliking them. [Read more…]

The people of Cleveland are huge sports fans. The sports section of the daily paper The Plain Dealer is easily the largest section, not to mention the extra sports supplements that it puts out regularly. Like other newspapers around the nation, the paper has been cutting back on beat reporters and news coverage, except for sports. [Read more…]

What is it about Jack Russell terriers that make them so teachable? I wrote earlier about Uggie, the terrier that stole the show in the film The Artist. Now I learn about another terrier Jesse who seems to be a big help around the house. [Read more…]

1. The Center for Inquiry Northeast Ohio will be holding its 2012 conference on the topic “On the Barricades: Reason vs. Religion in Public Policy” on Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 9:00am to 4:00 pm in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Independence, Ohio.

More details of the program and registration information can be found here.

2. The CWRU chapter of the Center for Inquiry will be hosting Eddie Tadash who will talk on “Is America a Christian Nation?”

The talk is free and open to the public and will be held on Sunday, October 7 at 6:00 pm in Room 322 in the Wickenden building on the Case quad of the campus.

Take a look at this video of a clairvoyant at work. [Read more…]

Quick, what is the fruit that is the easiest to peel and eat without any mess or even getting your hands soiled? [Read more…]

He is seven years old today.

So Apple has released its iPhone 5 accompanied by the usual hype. Humorist Andy Borowitz describes its amazing new life-changing features. [Read more…]

I have written before about the Nigerian 419 scams (see here, here, and here). These are the ones that, in the most common variant, ask you to help in the recovery of a large sum of money that has been hidden or no one is claiming and for your help you get a pretty significant cut. [Read more…]

It used to be the case that when people observed someone behaving bizarrely, or even dangerously, in a public place, they would be in somewhat of a quandary. Should they intervene and try to calm the person down? Should they call the authorities? Should they ignore and go on their way? [Read more…]