Category: Humor/Fiction

Bobby — I like to call him Bobby — has his work cut out for him. Considering the competition…

The fossil record suggests that horses evolved over millions of years into a friendly animal that could transport humans from place to place…

In 1922, a New York tie maker, Jesse Langsdorf, came up with a method of cutting the fabric on the bias…

Ms. Tang became deeply interested in democracy during the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan…

No one else emailed me, to wish me a safe and relaxing Independence Day.

In a recent episode of ‘Unexplainable’, Mr. Hassenfeld looked at why inflation behaves in an unpredictable fashion…

At the time, I wanted to be a cowboy.  ‘President of the United States’ didn’t strike me as nearly as much fun as roping cattle…

Otto Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa, invented the bread-slicing machine, but the prototype he built in 1912 was destroyed in a fire…

“No one was hurt, but a lawyer for the Florida family said the near miss could have been catastrophic…”

This was not just any old swear word.  It was in fact a “great” swear word…

Welcome to Pagosa Springs University!  We’re happy to have you join us…

“This bill mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom in the state of Louisiana…”

Bats, like the rest of us, spend much of their lives eating…

Which is to say, it’s not your actions that determine whether you are a criminal or not; it’s whether you can get elected President afterwards…

A couple of years ago, the internet featured plenty of stories about young people who’d decided not to have children…

Such bombs can kill a fairly large number of people…

“Trop grande familiarité engendre mesprisement…”