The Whole Grain Wrap Diet

The Man from Mars -- Chapter Seven

Writer/Producer of 'Killing Lincoln' TV Drama: Booth was Tea Party 'Poster Child'

New Mexico space tourism dependent on passage of 'informed consent' bill

A White House Petition to Build a Real-Life Spaceship Enterprise

Ted Cruz Spends First Day in the Senate Making News and Making Waves

Gang Rape/Murder in India Like a Scene from a Zombie Movie

Joe Biden Shows How a 2016 Presidential Run Could Be Entertaining Indeed

An animation of the celebrated 'Mythbusters' cannonball accident.

'The Big Bang Theory:' Sheldon Gets Sent to Human Resources

'Killing Lincoln' TV Drama Brings Together Bill O'Reilly and Tom Hanks

Ted Cruz Sworn in as United States Senator Amid Conservative Hopes, Liberal Fears

Northrop Grumman to design lunar lander for Golden Spike

Plan to Capture an Asteroid Finds Favor at NASA

Congress expresses support for core NASA programs in launch liability bill

Al Gore Sells Current TV to Al-Jazeera, Making Him a Hypocrite and a Prostitute

Move to Cut Dedudctions, Tax Rates May Be Too Much for Obama to Swallow

Being Blind in One Eye Can Have Life-Long Effects

Apple applies for patent to store excess wind energy for later use

Select some iconic movies like "Return of the Jedi" and "The Dark Knight" and then introduce Navy SEALs.

Mars's moon Phobos could be explored by spikey 'hedgehogs'

House Passes Bill Renaming NASA Aeronautical Facility After Neil Armstrong

Texas Senators Vote for Fiscal Cliff Bill; Most Texas House Members Vote Against

The Fiscal Cliff Bill Means Less Money and a Lost Opportunity

Sarah Palin Being Tarred with Relatives' Divorces Shows She is Not Irrelevant

Exposing Hollywood Gun Hypocrisy Too Easy -- But Necessary

Study: Future Space Explorers May Suffer from Radiation-Induced Alzheimer's

Court Rules that Texas Can Deny Planned Parenthood Women's Health Program Funding

Why Abolishing the Constitution is a Seriously Bad Idea

For Obama, After Fiscal Cliff Hubris Comes Political Nemesis

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