Wife puts out hit on husband, gets off because she’s a woman
It’s one of those you-gotta-read-it-to-believe-it stories, folks. High school teacher Nicole Doucet Ryan hired a hitman to kill her husband,…
Is a “temporary tax” ever temporary?
Many local governments and elections call for temporary tax increases—a few cents here, a few percentage points there—just to get…
New stuff we’ve learned from Snowden’s NSA leak
Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor, has leaked out some pretty surprising details about the extent of the federal government’s spying…
City of the future: Houston?
Houston was once a laughingstock in Texas, riddled with crime and poverty in comparison to burgeoning Dallas and Austin. Now,…
Would you eat the worst restaurant meal in America?
I always love those exposés on the worst restaurant meals out there. It always seems like it’s something attempting to…
How to regulate legalized marijuana
States like Colorado and Washington now have kinda-sorta-legalized marijuana (I say that because the federal government is still struggling to…
The toughest job in the inner city? Fatherhood
There’s an epidemic of children growing up without fathers in the inner cities of America. Not much is being done…
No, a joke is not a reason to be imprisoned
Justin Carter is a 19-year-old kid who made a joke on Facebook, just like most 19-year-old kids in the country.…
What’s it like to be the female lead in the worst movie ever made?
When people think of the worst movie ever made, their opinion is usually clouded by personal preference. So how do…
Obama: Ban coal, pay more for energy
Obama recently unveiled his new energy plan, and it is, in a nutshell: Ban coal, pay more for energy. How…