It's the modern equivalent of "Bread and Circuses", without the bread.

Since when has using a weapon that fires a projectile been a terrorist act? This thing is a high-tech catapult. It throws a rock.

It is factually correct, but misleading. Technically, for instance, all jets that circle the world use only the power of the sun, since the hydrocarbons formed in fossil fuels are organic in origin and come from photosynthesis. But, that's not what the article implies, or why it made headlines.

But, the beauty of American football is that one can watch a game and still do any number of other things at the same time, eating, socializing, surfing, reading. The start and stop nature of football allows for a "ten seconds on, thirty seconds off" watch schedule. Not so, for soccer. With it, one must watch the…

I understand those guys watched a good video on porcelain repair.

I see your point, but, in what other team sport do the players get to choose the balls? Not baseball. Not soccer. Not hockey (I know, it's a puck, but same deal). Not basketball.

Or, just have the league provide the balls, have the refs inflate and seal them with tiny little plugs in the filler nipples, and make both teams use the balls at random. Both teams should use the exact same balls on offense.

I wonder who was in charge of the decision to make all the stops. I am dismayed by the prospect of this being reported by the news agencies as "First solar nonstop flight around the world!" while, in actuality, it is absolutely NOT that.

"Yes, I use computers, but I'm not going to say having this tool has done anything to make my life more meaningful," he typed ironically and, perhaps, meaningfully.

Also, here's a study by the AAP that states accidental child shootings are down by about 1/3 between 1997 and 2009 (from 15.5% to 10.8% of all child GSW hospitalizations and deaths). It is the assaults that have gone up, fairly dramatically.

Define "kids." Is is pre-teens? Under 18? Or does it include young adults well into their twenties?

You are not the first to notice that...

An emaciated, dehydrated, young stray kitty showed up in my back yard nine years ago. My kids fed her and loved her, so, despite my being allergic to cats, we took her in, since we knew the alternative was her going to a shelter where she would almost certainly be put down.

Yes, it's all about safety (especially for the children) and beautification. It certainly couldn't have anything to with the established companies buying politicians who then issue licenses only to the established companies, thereby creating a monopoly. After all, operating a taxi surely must be worth a million…

I've flown that pass during a VIP shipboard airshow. We were at .96 IMN on my gauges the whole way, right over the top of the flight deck, because we were ordered to NOT go supersonic. We had huge vapes, just like this Hornet, and we had a giant sonic boom (of which we, in the cockpit, were unaware) that thrilled…

Not much. The harder pull-up at the beginning would probably make you feel more G for a moment than you are used to on a standard flight, but the climb would be at about one G, although you would be tilted more on your back than usual. Then, at the level-off, you might experience that weightless feeling as the jet…

Cars are held to all those standards, yet "they" kill all the time. Imposing the same standards on guns (and, some of those standards ARE imposed on guns, already), therefore, wouldn't eliminate the deaths. I'd like to see your cost/benefit analysis on your plan of licensing and how it would enhance public safety. …

I saw that production, as my first Broadway show EVAH, with Andrea McArdle and Danielle Brisebois in the cast. Our seats were in the 2nd row, and I was completely mesmerized. I was nine years old.

He likely deliberately landed hard to place the jet as close to the threshold as possible, to give his reduced-braking-jet more room to stop. Flaring halfway down the runway for a soft landing wouldn't have been the priority, here.

Naval aircraft do it almost every time we fly at sea. One saves gas*, saves gas, saves gas throughout the entire flight (on the assumption that something will go wrong with the boat or your or another aircraft and you can't land at your scheduled time), but when it is your turn to come down, you have to get rid of…