Genarlow Wilson finally goes free, overturning one of the most unjust imprisonments in recent history. (Update: not quite yet.) Couldn't we have just let these wackos go their own way back in 1865? Here is the article that I read back in January that first got me interested in Wilson's case as a shining example of the the justice system in general, and minimum sentencing guidelines in particular, gone mad.
We could save energy and save money in one swell foop. Of course, as the Economist points out, that would make too much sense. This is the problem with a political system that runs on pluralistic representation - there isn't any political incentive to make changes that don't benefit a single powerful party to a great extent, because nobody is able to organize enough to lobby for obvious changes that help everybody a little bit.
Colin Powell wants to close Gitmo. Now that's how you flip-flop! (This strikes me as a sad case because Powell is obviously an extremely intelligent guy who got caught up in a neocon administration that forced him to kowtow to their warped world view in order to have any credibility and/or power. Now that the political winds have shifted, Powell is saying what he thought all along, and comes off looking weak and foolish despite finally being correct.)
Slate gives us the revisionist history surrounding Sgt. Pepper's...
What if Fox News had covered all of human history?
Self-referential fun with time travel!
This might take second place to that hamburger on a donut bun in the category of "unhealthiest foods ever".
The most useless infographic ever: how stupid are we supposed to be?
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