White Men Can’t Mow Lawns

How often have we heard it said by conservative pundits and talk radio personalities that unemployed Americans are inclined to refuse menial work, apparently content to accept government handouts? The list of supposed "shall nots" are numerous: Americans won't bus tables, clean hotel rooms, harvest crops and, in general, bust our chops. On the flip side, …

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Thank the DOE: Bed, Bath & Beyond isn’t the only Recipient of Radioactive Products in US

In the scare-of-the-week news story we learn that Bed, Bath & Beyond may have distributed radioactive tissue holders across the country. It allegedly started when just four metal tissue box covers buried in a transport truck set off radiation detectors installed after 911 to protect us from a terrorist threat. Who knew truck-stop Geiger counters …

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