Happy New Year. May this one be better than the last one.

Debate: To expand into space or to stay home on Earth

Hansel and Gretel Are Hunting Witches

NASA faces lack of leadership, direction, and funding for 2013

What's Ahead for NASA and Space in General for 2013

Texas Convicted Murderer Wins Right to Kosher Meals in Prison

Piers Morgan, Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out

The Tea Party Has Not Yet Begun to Fight

Best way to recycle a Christmas tree ever.

Sexual Tension: How 'Castle' Compares to Shows like 'Moonlighting' and 'The Avengers'

Origin of Neil Armstrong's 'One Small Step' speech revealed

The Emancipation Proclamation Turns 150 Years Old

Supporters of Brownsville SpaceX space port seek support from Austin

It is a sad commentary when a court in France is more sensible about government overreach that the United States Supreme Court. Anyway, Via Le France!

Hiring proceeds apace for XCOR space facility in Midland, Texas

NASA's Mars Curiosity to head for Mount Sharp in the middle of Gale Crater

NASA's NEXT Ion Engine Achieves 43,000 Hours of Continuous Operation

Jesco von Puttkamer, NASA engineer, Star Trek technical advisor, has died

Proposal Floated to End Natural Gas Tax Exemption in Texas

Russia's Energia finishes design of space craft capable of travel to the moon

Republican Senators Assert Themselves Against Obama, Weaker Than He Thinks

Norman Schwarzkopf: The Architect of America’s Greatest Victory Since WWII

Texas School Choice Proposal May Include Vouchers, Will Spark Political Fight

Study: Human Evolution Will Continue on Multi-Generation Voyages to the Stars

A Weary and Battered Republican Party Turns to -- George W. Bush?

Hillary Clinton Has Become a Problem for Barack Obama

Farewell to Gerry Anderson, Who Sent the Moon Out of Orbit in 'Space 1999'

Also Gerry Anderson's space adventures included 'UFO' and 'Space: 1999'

Stratolaunch Eyeing Kennedy Space Center for 2017 Test Flights

A liberal senator gets a damn fine thumping from a real reporter when he tries to tap dance about the fiscal cliff.

Phil Gramm's Proposal to End Wind Subsidies Could Hurt Wind Industry in Texas

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to Advance Conservative Agenda in Texas Senate

Piers Morgan: No One is Deported Just for Being Obnoxious

Latest NASA Orion Parachute Drop Test Succcessful

Further proposals to build a 'Death Star'

Fears of Bioengineered Salmon Need to Be Dealt With

Traffic Laws Need to Evolve with the Advent of Self-Driving Cars

NASA, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic Make Progress Creating Next Generation Spacecraft

For your Christmas viewing pleasure, a documentary on the making of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," one of the best TV Christmas specials ever. One interesting factoid: the network hated Linus quoting from the Book of Luke, but not for the reasons one might think. Remember, it was a different era.

Merry Christmas to one and all.

Ron Paul Opposes Both Armed Security at Schools and Gun Control

David Gregory's Gun Control Hypocrisy So Very Blatant

Iowa Dental Assistant Getting Fired for Being 'Too Attractive' Unfair

Could Ben Affleck Stop Scott Brown's Return to the Senate and Would He?

Larry King, of 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' Fame, Dies at 83

Report: Medical Requirements Needed for Future Space Tourists

The Taliban are Enemies of Humankind, Especially Women and Children

Now some crazy person wants President Obama to withdraw from the Outer Space Treaty and claim the moon as sovereign American territory.

Addendum: The 'Claim the Moon' White House Petition - Why I Did It

Addendum 2: Rand Simberg, whose own ill-considered space property rights proposal was such an embarrassment, screams and leaps.

Addendum 3: Bob Zimmerman is much more supportive.

Bumped

After the Mayan Apocalypse, the next end of the world draws nigh

For your listening pleasure...

Skylab II: A NASA 'Back to the Future' Concept to Open Up Space Exploration

'Tar Sands Blockade' Thus Far Ineffective in Efforts to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline

'Burn Notice' Season Six Ends: The Day the Running Stopped

The Mayan Apocalypse was Fun While it Lasted

Fiscal Cliff 'Plan B' Bill Collapse Shows Incompetence of Political Class

Gingrich: I Would Have Done Better Against Obama

School Choice Proposal in Texas Includes Tax Credits Instead of Vouchers

NASA's Bolden Backs Away from Obama's Asteroid Mission

American Politician Spewing Anti-Semitic Rant on Sandy Hook on Iranian TV a Vile Act

NASA's Bolden: no 'immediate' fiscal cliff effect on space agency

Does 'Zero Dark Thirty' Promote Waterboarding?

Living the Last Day Well

New version of "Buzz Aldrin's Race for Space" game coming soon

Tau Ceti Has Planets, Including, Perhaps, an Earth-Like World

The connection between 'Star Wars' and the Mayan Apocalypse revealed

Texans Join in Gun Debate in the Wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary Massacre

Chinese Study Linking Obesity to Bacteria Has Public Health Policy Implications

Results of Benghazi Investigation Likely to Hurt Hillary Clinton

An Appreciation of Robert Bork, Who Should Have Been a Supreme Court Justice

Malala Yousafzai is the Real Person of the Year 2012

'Oblivion,' 'After Earth' Set on Future, Desolate Earth Coming Soon in 2013

Gerard Depardieu, Tax Rebel

Sarah Palin, Sandy Hook Elementary, and the Problem of Pain

California man making money off of the Mayan Apocalypse

How the Tea Party Will Save the Republican Party and Then the United States

Why Little Boys Should Get an Easy Bake Oven

NASA sends GRAIL EBB and Flow crashing into the moon; Sally Ride honored

Season Seven of 'Dexter' Ends with a Choice Between Family and the Right Thing

'Homeland' Season Two Ends Literally with a Bang

Ways to Stop a Sandy Hook Without Gun Control

Former NASA astronaut: don't go to an asteroid, bring an asteroid to lunar orbit

Debunking the Mayan Apocalypse almost a full time job for a NASA scientist

Sandy Hook Elementary: People Behaving Badly

Vicki Soto Gave the Last Full Measure of Devotion at Sandy Hook Elementary

Chinese space probe Chang'e 2 passes 3.2 kilometers from asteroid Tautatis

'The Hobbit' Take Us on 'An Unexpected Journey'

The Slaughter of the Innocents at Sandy Hook Elementary

Susan Rice Tossed Overboard to Save Obama from Benghazi Scandal

Harry Belafonte Demonstrates the Inherent Fascism on the Left

Nacogdoches, Texas, Judge Lifts Restraining Order on Keystone XL Pipeline

Space Historian Andrew Chaikin Urges Rebirth of Space Exploration

The Man from Mars -- Chapter Six

'Fiscal Cliff' to fall heaviest on NASA's Johnson Spaceflight Center in Houston

Get ready for the pain of Obamacare.

Study Confirms that Older People More Likely to Be Defrauded

White House 'Build a Death Star Petition' reaches 25,000 signatures

House Science Committee Finds Problems but Few Solutions for NASA

NASA: Cassini discovers 'mini Nile' filled with liquid hydrocarbon on Titan

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Opposes Entitlement Reforms

Two Members of Congress Show How the Rules Are Different for Them

Hillary Clinton's Bowing Out Leaves a Weak Democratic Bench for 2016

While North Korea Launches ICBM, the United States Air Force Launches X-37B

Texas Gov. Rick Perry to Seek Abortion Restrictions Past 20th Week

NASA releases an after the Mayan Apocalypse video early

Former congressman proposes that NASA sell naming rights to space craft

For your edification, the complete 1980s miniseries "Amerika" which depicted the United States under Soviet occupation. It was, to say the least, controversial and has not be aired since. But it is now apparently available in 13 parts thanks to YouTube. The series starred Kris Kristofferson as a John Kerry like Senator who is put in the American Gulag and Sam Neil as a somewhat sympathetic KGB agent.

Democrats Belatedly Discover that Medical Device Tax Kills Jobs

Union Mob Violence Over Michigan Right to Work Shows Double Standard

Vatican astronomer. Jose Funes, debunks the Mayan Apocalypse

Golden Spike's Private Moon Venture Met with Skepticism

Texas Judge Temporarily Halts Keystone XL Pipeline in Nacogdoches County

Union thugs engaged in violence and terrorism, which will no doubt be blamed on some video or perhaps Sarah Palin.

Fracking is Coming to Great Britain Despite Environmental Objections

Tea Party Triumphs in Stopping State Health Exchanges in Tennessee

In which I respond to Glenn Reynolds piece Obama's free market space exploration success with Obama's 'commercial' space program less free market than meets the eye.

Proof positive that Sarah Palin still terrifies the left, coming for 2013, an alternate history novel called "Christian Nation." Here is the blurb:

“They said what they would do, and we did not listen. Then they did what they said they would do.”

So ends the first chapter of this brilliantly readable counterfactual novel, reminding us that America’s Christian fundamentalists have been consistently clear about their vision for a “Christian Nation” and dead serious about acquiring the political power to achieve it. When President McCain dies and Sarah Palin becomes president, the reader, along with the nation, stumbles down a terrifyingly credible path toward theocracy, realizing too late that the Christian right meant precisely what it said.

One is chillingly reminded of the persecution of non Christians that occurred in Alaska when Palin was that state's governor...oh, wait a minute. That didn't happen. In any case, it is hard not to laugh at such fancies when one is living in a real life dystopia run by left wingers.

Sierra Nevada Prepares for Flight Tests of Lift Body Dream Chaser Spacecraft

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Speaks His Mind on Obamacare

Ayn Rand's John Galt as a secular Jesus Christ?

Manipulating the Tax Withholding Rates May Be a Disaster for the Obama White House

Jamie Foxx's 'Kill All the White People' Statement Unsetttling

NASA: the world will not end on December 21, despite Mayan calendar

Ron Paul Joins Dennis Kucinich to Demand Obama Drone Documents

Sir Patrick Moore, Astronomer, Author, Host of 'The Sky at Night,' Dead at 89

Why Hillary Clinton Should Not Run in 2016

Bill Maher Hates ... Andy Williams?

Jim DeMint's Leaving the Senate May Benefit Ted Cruz

Petition to Build a 'Death Star' May Not Be so Fanciful After All

Obama Cracking Down on Legal Pot Smoking Shows Typical Political Hypocrisy

Here's Hoping George Zimmerman Takes NBC to the Cleaners

Meteor creates fireball over Texas

Now some libs think that Obama might "cave," though it seems to be a unique definition of the term.

A movie based on the life of Arminius, the German warlord who ambushed three Roman legions and thus destroyed the Roman Empire's power in Germany beyond the Rhine is now in development. It is said to be kind of like "Braveheart," but with legionaries instead of English knights.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul Heads for a Lucrative Retirement

Apollo Astronaut Harrison Schmitt Advocates Return to the Moon

You Can't Keep Karl Rove Down for Very Long

Michigan Right to Work Law Provides Hope for Conservatives

What if Apollo 17 had not been the last expedition to the moon?

Some further thoughts.

Today is the anniversary of two events, one horrible and the other magnificent albeit bitter sweet.

I wrote Meditations on Pearl Harbor Day four years ago and Pearl Harbor Birthed Modern Super Power in America two years ago.

Two years ago, I wrote about Apollo 17 which departed to the moon 40 years ago, No one has been back since.

Will Golden Spike build Newt Gingrich's lunar base after all?

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt proposes new deep space exploration agency

Golden Spike Company Plans Private Missions to the Moon by 2020

Dead Pig Found at Cypress, Texas, Mosque in Suspected Hate Crime

Prospect of Syrian Sarin Gas Attack a Serious Escalation in Civil War

Harry Reid Rejects Obama's Fiscal Cliff Proposal, Exposing it as a Fraud

Star Trek: Into Darkness Trailer

NASA Announces New Mars Exploration Program with Repeat of Mars Curiosity

Longtime Texas Congressman Jack Brooks Dies at Age 89

National Research Council finds fault with Obama NASA asteroid exploration goal

Is Anna Wintour Really a Good Fit to Be an Ambassador?

Rubio, Ryan Must Articulate That Conservatism is Inherently Compassionate

Count Me in on the Small-Government Republican Party

Zurich to Institute Drive-Through Prostitution

Former President Bush Calls for Immigration Reform at Dallas Conference

Space Foundation proposes stability in NASA programs, funding, and leadership

Some production footage from "Game of Thrones" Season Three:

NASA's Planned Deep Space Station Does Not Have Obama Approval

Obama Playing with Fire with Fiscal Cliff Brinkmanship

Sarah Palin: Leader of the Opposition

'The Walking Dead' Ends the Year with One Enraged Governor

NASA rereleases vintage PSAs touting space program spin-offs

Proposal Made to Make NASA's Goal Settling Space

Texas Teacher Tying Bathroom Breaks to Good Behavior Results in Student 'Accident'

NASA's Mars Curiosity findings interesting but not 'earthshaking'

'Insourcing' Trend Could Be Blocked by Obama Green Energy Policies

Obamacare Could Die the Death of a Thousand Legal Cuts

Currently reading the following:

My call for a new tea party uprising is starting to bear fruit

Opposition to Obamacare fueled the Tea Party wave of 2009-2010. The next wave will include continued opposition to Obamacare, along with other fiscal issues, The Tea Party tsunami at the gates. The fight over Obamacare as a law ended when Chief Justice John Roberts enganged in mental gymnastics to uphold the law under Congress’ taxing authority, and then again when Obama’s reelection removed any possibility of complete repeal. The fight over Obamacare now is over implementation. There are inherent problems in the law itself which will raise popular ire, but the battle now is over exchanges and other aspects of implementation. One of the first orders up is whether states will implement the Obamacare exchanges, or let it default to the federal government, which will have a difficult time doing so. Only 13 states have taken steps to set up the exchanges, and 17 state governors have declared an intention not to set up exchanges. One state where there is a disconnect between the population and the governor is Tennessee, where Governor Bill Haslam is wavering. The Lt. Governor has come out against implementation. In response, a variety of groups led by local Tea Party organizations are organizing rallies for December 5,

Golden Spike Co. may announce private lunar expedition at December 6 event

Engine breakthrough by British company points the way to single stage to orbit

Bill announced to name NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center after Neil Armstrong

How Looper should have ended...

Ted Cruz: Republicans' Problem in 2012 was Messaging, Not Positions

NASA's MESSENGER Finds Ice at Mercury's Poles

Practice of Killing Terminally Ill Babies in Great Britain is Ghoulish

U.N. Palestinan Vote Argues for the Abolishment of the World Body

A Message to Texas Members of Congress: Keep Your Pledge

Canadian Hydroelectric Power Could Be Stymied by Politics

Report: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden May Be Pushed Out by Obama Administration

Ted Cruz's Appointment of Chip Roy as Chief of Staff Praised by Conservatives

Why Barack Obama is No Abraham Lincoln

What has Mars Curiosity found anyway?

Addendum: NASA downplays 'earthshaking' Mars Curiosity discovery

Proposal for 'Virtual Clinics' in Great Britain Causes Fairness Controversy

Researchers build objects with 3D printing using simulated moon rocks

Commercial Space Controversy Continues at NASA and the House Science Committee

Syfy Developing 'Waterworld' the Series

Sen. Elect Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Slams California's Fiscal Policies

War on Christmas Driven by Intolerance and Anger

An Hour of Sandra Fluke's Time is Not Really Worth It

The Man from Mars -- Chapter Five

Former NASA Official, Astronaut Urge China Partnership in ISS

'Covert Affairs' Season 3 Ends with a Rescue, a Resolution, Sex, and a Big Question

Spacecraft tracking facility to be built in Brownsville

Ron Paul Blames the Gaza Conflict on Israel, American Middle East Policy

If Obamacare Falls on Religious Liberty Grounds, Obama Has Only Himself to Blame

Barack Obama is Not 'Our Lord and Savior'

Abuse of Tracking Technology in San Antonio, Saudi Arabia Raises Concerns

Fallout of Texas Secession 'Fever' Include a Middle Name, a Bumper Sticker, and an Old Novel

NASA, Los Alamos researchers test new space nuclear power system

NASA, Russia Choose Astronaut, Cosmonaut for Year Long Space Mission

Matthew Dowd and Ken Burns: Liberals Behaving Badly on the Sunday Talk Shows

Avoid the Fiscal Cliff by Repealing Obamacare

Election 2016: Not Bush vs. Clinton, but Palin vs. Biden

Mursi Ends Egypt's Experiment in Democracy, Much to Obama's Consternation

What to Do with J.R. Ewing Now that Larry Hagman is Dead?

Banning Killer Robots May Not Be a Good Idea, or Even Possible

Will Obama's EPA Kill Fracking, Hence the Economic Recovery?

Ironically, Falling Over Fiscal Cliff to Fall Heaviest on Obama States

Susan Rice Should Be Criticized Without Recourse to the Race or Gender Card

Marco Rubio Must Be Vilified and 'Palinized'

Astronomers: Horsehead Nebula a giant, cosmic hydrocarbon refinery

1883: The year the world almost ended by a comet impact

Larry Hagman, TV's J.R. Ewing and Tony Nelson, Passes On

Speilberg's 'Lincoln' Does Well at the Theater

Europe to become partners with NASA in manned space exploration program

Stony Brook University's Reality Deck Revolutionizes Graphic Display

Study: Global Warming Preventing the Next Ice Age

A heart warming Thanksgiving story:

How the DreamVendor 3D Printer Could Change the World

ESA Meeting Rejects Lunar Lander Mission, Approves ExoMars Funding

Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade Resigns in Wake of Voter Roll Purge Flap

A retired officer in the Saudi Navy strongly suggests that the Arabs rethink their hatred of Israel and start concentrating on improving the lives of their own people.

PETA Wages War Against Thanksgiving Dinner

San Francisco Public Nudity Ban Has Sound Aesthetic Reasons

Hugh Laurie may play Blackbeard

European/NASA Space Cooperation May Lead to British Astronaut on the Moon

Ted Cruz Speaks Out on the Economy, Immigration, and Hispanic Outreach

'Earthshaking' results from Mars Curiosity being kept quiet while NASA verifies

Allen West Defeated, Thanks in Part to George Soros-Funded Super PAC

Israel's Iron Dome Proves the Effectiveness of Missile Defense

Rand Simberg is considering a Kickstarter bleg to finance the publication of his book on space safety, currently entitled "Safe Is Not An Option: How Our Futile Obsession To Bring Everyone Back Is Killing Spaceflight"

The first thing I would lose is the title. Something like "Spaceflight Should Be Dangerous" or "The Price of Space Admiralty" with apologies to Kipling.

American Version of 'House of Cards' Coming to Netflix

Dumb ways to die...

Europe's Ariane Rocket Faces Challenge from SpaceX's Falcon

Speculation as to Which Office George P. Bush Will Run for Heats Up

Story of Dead Palestinian Child Shows CNN's Willingness to Be Fooled by Hamas

The Unions Which Used to Make Twinkies May Have Outsourced Their Own Jobs

Rep. Lamar Smith seen as having edge to be chairman of House Science Committee

For all you fans of the Twilight series of books and movies, a different kind of vampire, Gabriella Doria

Charlotte Allen makes the case for Sarah Palin running for president in 2016. She's pretty much hated by the establishment. But we ran with their candidate and now see how that turned out.

'Skyfall' Brings James Bond Back Full Circle

Guy Fieri's Times Square Restaurant Panned by New York Critics

Mike Coats retires as directror of NASA's Johnson Spaceflight Center

Gov. Rick Perry Refuses to Set Up State Insurance Exchange in Texas

Lockheed Martin Provides Plan/Rationale for Earth/Moon L2 Deep Space Station

Surgery Center of Oklahoma Offers Free Market Alternative to Obamacare

To Protect Obama from Benghazi, John McCain Must Be Destroyed

This is how missile defense works.

NASA, SpaceX Work to Fix Anomalies from Last Dragon Cargo Flight

Ron Paul Gives His Farewell Address, Touting His Views on Freedom

The Roles of Susan Rice and David Petraeus in Obama's Benghazi Scandal

Nancy Pelosi Clings to Power, to the Detriment of House Democrats

Report: commercial astronauts may beat NASA and China back to the moon by 2020

Addendum: Predictably Rand Simberg has gone orgasmic.

If this is true, it’s going to make it harder for NASA to justify SLS. Or even being in the human spaceflight business at all. We’ll soon see, perhaps. December isn’t far off.

Actually, no. Rand did not quote the part of the article that suggested that the current thinking on space exploration involves heavy lift and fuel depots. We don't have any details about the venture or who is involved. So it is a little premature to predict the death of NASA as a space exploration agency.

Sea Wall to Shield Venice from Flooding

Rogue Planet Larger Than Jupiter Discovered 100 Light-Years from Earth

Google Lunar X Prize teams now in a race with China as well as each other

'Fat Busting' Pepsi Introduced in Japan

Some in Austin Want to Secede from Texas

Time to Tax the Liberal Rich

Evidence Mounts that Obamacare is Unworkable

Texas Secession Petition Garners Support

NASA Exploration Concept Suggests 2022 Decision: Go to the Moon or Go Beyond

John Kerry to Defense, Susan Rice to State Inappropriate Appointments by Obama

Obama Should Accept John Boehner's Deal on Taxes, Entitlements

Speculation Mounts About a Return to the Moon

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to Become Minority Whip Despite GOP Senate Losses

NASA Radiation Belt Probes Named After James Van Allen

I am your father.

The future of NASA space exploration may lay in the private sector, with robots

Peggy Noonan's 'Rage' Against the Tea Party Misplaced

Obamacare is Not Yet Inevitable if the State Exchanges Can Be Stopped

George P. Bush Extends Political Dynasty by Preparing for Public Office

Petraeus' Resignation as CIA Chief a Tragedy -- and a Little Too Convenient

Sarah Palin for President, 2016

In the Wake of Sandy, Talk of Building Sea Storm Barriers

'Burn Notice' Has Returned with Several Bangs and a Body Count

The first two installments of SyFy's web movie "Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome" are now up.

New 'Super-Earth' Orbiting Nearby Star May Contain Life

George Shipway's 'The Chilian Club': The Most Politically Incorrect Novel Ever Written

What If Gov. Rick Perry of Texas Had Not Had Back Problems?

As Obamacare Employer Mandates Arrive, Job Losses Begin

Republicans Must Beat Obama, Advance Small Government, Win Future Elections

Scientists Develop Genetically Modified Tomato that Treats Heart Disease

The Best Way to Fix a Relationship After an Election is Not to Break It

Report: NASA May Be Headed on a Mission Near the Moon

By Passing Prop 30, California Votes to Commit Economic Suicide

Rand Simberg is spinning fairy tales of secret plans to scrap the heavy lift Space Launch System in favor of the latest scheme to put more money into Elon Musk's pocket, fuel depots in space supplied by "commercial" launches. If such a plan were to even be proposed it would be proof (if it was needed) that space policy under Obama is driven by politics and graft. But it would not fly otherwise because (a) it's unworkable and much more expensive and risky than some people pretend and (b) Congress will never go for it.

What If Sarah Palin Had Run?

'South Park' Episode 14, Season 16, 'Obama Wins!' a Balm for Electoral Disappointment

Three Republicans vie for chairmanship of the House Science Committee

Bebionic Bionic Hand Helps Amputees Perform Everyday Tasks

NASA uses laser method to build parts for Space Launch System

In Obama's Second Term, NASA to Maintain the Status Quo

Obama's Victory was a Triumph of Hate and Fear

After Obama's Victory, Time for a New Tea Party Uprising

Obama Should Put Romney in Charge of Fixing Fiscal, Tax Problems

God help us.

USS Enterprise, the First Nuclear Aircraft Carrier, Completes Her Last Voyage

Report: Enthusiasm for UFOs on the Decline

How a Romney NASA space program might differ from Obama's

Election Day in Houston, Texas a Quiet One

In the Wake of Sandy, FEMA Falls Down on the Job Again

Ballot Initiatives for Legal Marijuana, Same-Sex Marriage Hold Promise and Peril

My predictions, for what they are worth:

Romney: 51 percent

Obama: 48 Percent

Romney 300+ electoral votes.

Election 2012, a View from Houston, Texas

NASA Report: Asteroid Belt is Required for Life on an Earth-like Planet

Neil degrasse Tyson 'discovers' Superman's home star

Bill Maher's 'Joke' About Black People 'Coming After' Romney Voters Not Funny

Hollywood to Denigrate Reagan in 'Reykjavik' Summit Movie

Early Voting in Houston, Texas

Harvard Neurosurgeon Claims to Have Gone to 'the Undiscovered Country' -- and Returned

All Carbon Solar Cells Could Spark Long Delayed Solar Power Revolution

Former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly makes the case for Obama's space program

Dutch Scientists Develop Self Healing Concrete

Scientists Search for Universal Flu Vaccine that Could Stave Off Pandemic

It looks like that one of Obama's biggest supporters and an intellectual leader of the Democratic Party has started to make terroristic threats to support his candidate. The sorry part of it is that he is not even promising to go after Romney supporters himself.

Gene Cernan, the last man on the moon, makes Romney's closing space argument

Rudyard Kipling returns from the grave with reproaches in verse about Benghazi, 2012.

'Taken 2': Liam Neeson Gets to Kill More Bad Guys

Researchers Discover Mechanism that Stops Allergic Reactions in Seconds

NASA Planetary Science Budget Cuts Sparks New Humans vs. Robots Debate

Mitt Romney Visit to Pennsylvania Shows Growing Confidence

Seaside Heights, N.J., Turns Away Utility Workers for Being Nonunion; Words Almost Fail

Apparently it was the the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers [IBEW] and neither the local power company nor local government that is holding back nonunion utility workers from helping to restore power.

Study: Watching Horror Movies Burns Calories

The Man from Mars -- Chapter Three

Visiting Middle Earth -- in New Zealand

Mars Curiosity's First Martian Soil Sample Similar to Material in Hawaii

Alleged Menendez Sex Scandal Not Very Important

How Gene Hackman Proved Chivalry is Not Yet Dead

We'll be touching down at Hobbiton International presently...

Five Science Fiction Movies that Got the Future Wrong

Edgar Allan Poe May Have Died in a Vote Fraud Scheme

Devastation of the Jersey Shore by Sandy has devastated 'Jersey Shore.'

NASA's Space Exploration Program Fraught with Political and Fiscal Uncertainty

Why the Coming Northern Mali Campaign is Necessary in the War on Terror

Michael Moore Angry Elder Video Latest Obama Campaign Outrage

NASA's Bolden claims to have saved the space agency from Obama

New York pavelion housing space shuttle Enterprise damaged by Sandy

How might 'Star Wars Episode 7' affect real world space travel

Of course this means Leia is officially a Disney Princess. And maybe she will show up on "Once Upon a Time" along with Han Solo

Disney has bought Lucasfilm and intends to release Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015. Since Lucas will not be making it, this has possibilities.

NASA Mulls Space Launch System for Planetary Missions, Large Space Stations

Addendum: Keith Cowing, not surprisingly, has a decidely negative take. The problem is that none of these missions will fly until the 2020s at the earliest. Predicting the budget situation for ten years from now is folly to say the least. In the meantime NASA is playing it smart by imagining what the extra capabilities the SLS will buy it. This gets the planetary science community behind continuing the rocket's development.

Effects of Sandy on the Election Are Unclear, but Might Favor GOP, Governors

'Future Children' Anti-Romney Video Likely to Anger Adults

The ultimate battle of the Bonds to the death.

Don't listen to Joss Whedon, Mitt Romney's the guy you'd want in charge during a zombie apocalypse

Algae Based Biofuel Not Ready for Prime Time, Report States

Sudden Twist in 'Homeland' Makes it More Satisfying to Watch

Goldwater, McGovern, and Mondale: Three Biggest Losers in American Politics

How Cooking Food Led to the Growth of the Human Brain

NASA May Launch a Canadian Rover on the Space Launch System to the Moon or Mars

Hurricane Sandra proves that the president has not followed through on his promise to stop the rise of the oceans.

Madonna Needs to Keep Her Political Opinions to Herself and Just Sing

A wonderful and disturbing combination of humor and utter Hollywood rich guy cluelessness as I have rarely seen. Joss, I love your work, but really, seriously?

Addendum: It occurs to me that Joss is wrong and it was Obama who started the Zombie Apocalypse in the form of the Occupy movement. Fortunately, unlike in the movies, it was contained in time.

Addendum 2: 'The Zombie Apocalypse' is a Strange Campaign Issue

Converting Coal to Methane Through Microbes Could Change Energy Economy

Boeing Develops a Weapon to Shut Down an Enemy's Electronics

Study: It's Hard for Men and Women to Be Just Friends

SpaceX Dragon returns from NASA's ISS with astronaut blood and urine samples

MIT grad student proposes deflecting asteroid with 'paintballs'

It appears that Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty killed 60 of the attacking force in Benghazi while saving 20 or so Americans. I know they were technically no longer in the military, but this is Medal of Honor stuff.

Felix Baumgartner dimisses NASA's Mars exploration as a waste of money

Europeans Mull Crashing Herschel Space Observatory into the Moon

Voting for Obama: Not for Your First Time or Your Any Time

No, Ted Turner, Soldiers' Suicides are Never Good

The Legend of Conan starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

How the Lives of Richard Nixon and Teddy Kennedy Were Changed by an Election

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden frustrated with lack of Obama Mars commitment

Happy St. Crispin's Day

NASA Mulls Solar Electric Propulsion for Deep Space Exploration

Sen. John McCain proposes mission to Mars in Florida campaign speech

Donald Trump and Gloria Allred Take a Swing and a Miss

Sarah Palin's 'Shuck and Jive' Jibe Against Obama Not Racist

The leadership secrets of James Bond.

Experiment with Plankton Iron Dust Fertilization Raises Concerns

Two Cases Suggest that Fish Oil Could Help Repair Human Brains After Traumatic Injuries

Concerns About Bacterial Contamination Could Restrict Humans on Mars

Drug from Chinese Plant Kills Pancreatic Cancer in Mice

Obama's Popularlty Overseas Stems from Ignorance of American Politics

Obama Supporters Overwrought at the Possible Defeat of the President

Rand Simberg is being named in a lawsuit brought by Michael Mann, a climate scientist and global warming advocate who apparently does not take criticism very well. Rand will likely set up a legal defense fund, but in the meantime feel free to contribute to his regular tip jar.

Mark Steyn too.

NASA Engineers Build Mockup of Deep Space Station

'Starvation Hormone' Could Extend Life, Research Suggests

Obama's 'Bayonets and Horses' Line Not as Sharp Against Romney as Hoped

Just reading between the lines, but I think this Challenger disaster project appears to be oriented toward the commission that determined the cause. One hopes it will be better than the exploitive movie of the week that was made a few years back.

Clark Kent to Become the 'Next Matt Drudge,' and About Time Too

Thomas Jefferson and James Hemings Brought French Cuisine to America

Romney Seemed Presidential in Debate 3; Obama Not so Much

Some apologies from Barack Obama.

Romney NASA-Based Endorsements Elicit Vehement Responses

Blue Origin tests 'pusher' launch escape system for future spacecraft

Beirut Wrong to be Angry at Depiction in 'Homeland' as a Hotbed of Terrorism

George McGovern Betrayed Anti-War Stance, Proposed the Invasion of Cambodia in 1978

If Mitt Romney Carries Pennsylvania, the Race Will Be a Wipeout

Addendum: Sure enough, the return of the bitter clingers.

Chris Stevens Warned of Benghazi Security, Raising Questions on Obama Libya Policy

Politicians, Experts Call for Mission Stability, More R&D for NASA

Scott Pace, formerly of NASA,and Eric Anderson, commercial space magnate: ... Or Ready To Restore Lost U.S. Leadership in Space?

A video game about the Yakuza reviewed by the Yakuza.