Daily Archives: January 14, 2005

Titan Looks Livable – Lots Available Soon

  After traveling through more than 2 billion miles of space, the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe reached its final destination early Friday, NASA said. It successfully navigated the murky atmosphere of the Saturn moon Titan and touched down on … Continue reading

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What Would the Tabloids Do Without the Royals?

Argument 8,758 against hereditary monarchs… The royal family, and especially Prince Philip, the queen’s husband, has committed an array of gaffes. Prince Philip reinforced his reputation for ill-chosen utterances in 1997 when he addressed Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany as … Continue reading

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Comix of the Day

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From Today’s Globe

There are a couple of columns in today’s Boston Globe Op-Ed section which are worth a read.  First in an excellent analysis of what’s really going on with Social Security called "Generational Warfare", by Ben Hubbard.  It points out that … Continue reading

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