Beautiful studio setup reminds me of my little basement hideout — especially the red and gray.

Make your desktop a dynamic picture of the moving earth, based on the Blue Marble Next and Earth City Lights pictures. Now available for Windows.

The Deepwater Horizon crisis claims another victim.

Sociologists are developing an embryonic suburban studies sub-field, after examinations show suburbs don't meet stereotypes anymore.

Quote: David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, said it should be no surprise that dioceses are struggling with the issue. The church is tackling a problem that broader society has yet to solve: how to keep sex offenders in check.

Some estimates suggest that tens or even hundreds of thousands of abandoned cemeteries exist. The first step in rehabilitating them is confirming ownership, but even that can be difficult.

It's kind of hard to be liberal and anti-Second Amendment. But apparently there are a lot of fallacious arguments out there. HT: meep