Have you ever noticed that there are fashions in voices? In the past five years or so I’ve noticed the extreme proliferation of a high-pitched little-girl cutesy voice in women in their late teens and early twenties. Since it spread … Continue reading →
A Canadian study reports that brain changes involving ribosomal DNA have been detected on autopsy in victims of childhood abuse who ended up committing suicide. This finding somewhat complements animal studies showing that early neglect changes the dendrites of rats. … Continue reading →
While researching my recent series on questioning authority, I got the idea to write a post about the seminal Milgram experiments on obedience to authority. When I was a psych major back in college, part of our learning experience involved—as … Continue reading →
It turns out that conservatives are happier than liberals. And that’s been true for thirty-five years, so it has nothing to do with what administration may or may not be in power at the moment. This may explain why Michelle … Continue reading →
….including the Fifth: Jello has long been a highly advertised food, although I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s because it has no intrinsic food value whatsoever. One possibility is that whatever is lacks in nutrition it makes up for in … Continue reading →
Hillary is like a burr on the body politic of the Democrats and the MSM—they can’t shake her off, try though they may. Yesterday’s primary results—an expectedly large margin of victory for Obama in North Carolina and a surprisingly small … Continue reading →
Michelle Obama has been doing quite a bit of campaigning herself, and it’s clear from her speeches that she shares one thing with Hillary Clinton: the belief that a vast right-wing conspiracy is sabotaging her husband. Ms. Obama doesn’t utter … Continue reading →
There’s a fascinating reminiscence by a series of aging boomers (are there any other kind?) in the Spring 2008 City Journal. It’s entitled “May 1968: Forty Years After,” and all of the writers appear to be to members of that … Continue reading →
The primary season was constructed so that Super Tuesday, which occurred this year aeons ago back on February 5, was supposed to be decisive in indicating a winner. This would make it easier to consolidate the party behind the nominee … Continue reading →
It’s that time again: the Sanity Squad will be on Blog Talk Radio tonight. Click here to listen live at 7:30 PM Eastern time, or to hear a tape if you can’t make it then. Siggy, Shrink, Dr. Sanity, and … Continue reading →
In my continuing quest to bring you the best and worst of the jello molds, here’s an effort that’s an example of the former—an esthetic vision of some loveliness, and a demonstration of the surprising strength of properly reinforced jello:
Continue reading →My cell phone charger died last night. That means I have to race out today and get a new one before my cell phone battery gives out. Or drive around in the car in order to charge it there, much … Continue reading →