The Dead Hand Journal

This article appeared on www.telegraph.co.uk on Jul 9, 2008, and appears here with the permission of Telegraph Media Group Limited. By any measure this is an unusual Arab.

Today we are 232 years old. How long will it last?

They want to protect space from radioactive contamination...

"Coming at you from left field" turns out to mean more than it means.

Why does a chicken cross the road?

Whether or not Mars once had life is not so important as how soon it will have life again.

When you ban the good guys' weapons, only the bad guys will have them.

When words fail...

These guys listened and improved their initial stance significantly.

This is an ACTUAL letter from an Austin woman sent to Proctor and Gamble regarding their feminine products.

Interview by host Kent Gustavson, PhD, on Sound Authors Radio. Ranges over much of the book, with some special emphasis on Antarctica. This interview has good detail on why current warming is solar-driven. Also a good discussion about terrorists obtaining nuclear weapons.

Sgt. Friday used to say: "Just the facts, Ma'am, just the facts." And speaking of facts...

I am reminded of the old saw: "I'm from the government...I'm here to protect you."

There's one thing about being The New York Times – when you finally get it right, people notice!

You don't read an enemy soldier his rights...do you?