The article was interesting, but some points make me wonder. For example, he says, "It is an accident of history that for the last several centuries, the richest countries in the world have all been very small in terms of population." Is it really an "accident"? Who's usually better off... the mother of 14 or the mother of two? It's probably easier to be prosperous when you don't have to deal with the problems caused by too many people and not enough resources.

The end of American dominance is not an accident, either. It was predictable. Things come and go. It will be interesting to see how it all pans out.

Weed... Heh, heh, heh...

I think bean would've been one of the people in line waiting to offer up their pennies...

How soon you folks seem to forget some of the reasons your country was created in the first place. Like... freedom from religious persecution. Oh, well. It was nice while it lasted, right?

It's still not as bad as that deaf artist named "Tomato".

I wish the islanders good luck with this. Isn't it kind of like suing homosexuals so we can once again use the word "gay" to describe being happy?

And I agree with Ali S. They're missing out on a great marketing opporunity!

"And here we see the truth. People tend to be despicable.
Kids tend to be creative, compassionate and responsible."

Therefore, kids aren't people. Or... something... :)

This is cute. And heartening.

I saw this a while back. They're just light reflections. But they do look like aliens. And they're a lot clearer than some of the Jesuses-in-objects that we've seen lately.

Looks like a cappuccino machine. But I have this awful suspicion that it might actually be used for something more... gross.

They found bodies at Stonehenge so it must've been an altar? While that does tie into the hysterical "they were sacrificing humans!" theme, isn't it just as likely that they used a sacred place as a burial ground?

It's nice to see that some people still have a sense of humour about politics.

The mind is a pretty powerful thing. I don't see why it's more of a leap to think that her powerful belief cured her.

I'm not sure if she did her kids any favours, though. When they were little, they wouldn't have remembered her. Now, they'll remember their mother getting sick and wasting away until she died. Nice.

Great story!

My (male) cousins got the reindeer for Christmas years ago. They had more fun making the reindeer poop and then stuffing the candy back up the reindeer's ass than actually eating it!

That's nasty. And where does it stop? Are we going to hear about someone who infected himself with HIV as "art"?

These people are just dumb.