Each of the states plus the District of Columbia maintains a sex offender registry. I checked out Illinois's registry once, after reading an article about people's reaction when they found out a neighbor of their's was a sex offender. (The reaction was so negative -- I recall they even demonstrated...

This weekend, I accompanied a friend to a certain upscale Fifth Avenue store, the kind of place that sells a lifestyle by having the company logo affixed on everything. I followed my friend around while sipping an iced coffee when the security guard informed me that food and drink weren't...

For those with high-speed Internet and the inclination, I'd suggest checking out NASA Television, which "provides real-time coverage of agency activities and missions" among other things. NASA Television has scheduled programming, which I haven't followed. The first time I looked at the broadcast, however, I was blown away by the...