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• We're overspending, and we may be in denial about it

  Thu May 17, 2012
  • drainbramage: Apparently Mr. 80k Websurfer is not overpaid if he keeps generating whatever his employer needs to charge someone else 100k. His employer probably needs better measurements of his productivity.

• We're overspending, and we may be in denial about it

  Thu May 17, 2012
  • There is no such thing as "overpaid". A person gets paid exactly according to the forces at work in their situation. Cheap boss, generous boss, high profits, non-profits, ask for raises, feels bad to ask for raises, overhead, etc.

• Pentagon unveils scale model of bin Laden compound

  Wed May 16, 2012
  • I would actually be surprised if at least some of the compound wasn't built full scale in the desert somewhere to do a rehearsal.

• Where are all the powerful female nerds?

  Mon May 14, 2012
  • Has it been two weeks already? Time to turn over the "There's not enough women in STEM egg-timer" and write an article. But nobody is concerned that the only male working at my son's elementary school takes out the trash and cleans the toilets.

• 5 mind-bending facts about dreams

  Sun Apr 29, 2012
  • I think the finals dream is about unpreparedness. There may be something in real life that you feel unprepared for.

• Could legal 'loophole' lead to land claims on other worlds?

  Mon Apr 9, 2012
  • Red Mars/Green Mars/Blue Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Pretty solid layout of how you might make it work.

• 12 injured during turbulence on flight to Houston

  Wed Apr 4, 2012
  • You mean Houston Hobby? I don't follow ...

• Afghan man recounts US soldier's shooting spree

  Mon Mar 12, 2012
  • Whatever they do, they need to do it quick. Convene the military tribunal, try him, if he is guilty, throw the book at him. I am not an expert in Military Justice, but would suspect he could get the death penalty.

• Camping by necessity: an American homeless family

  Fri Mar 9, 2012
  • The "story" is super light. OK, they are homeless. Why? For how long? What are their prospects? What have they tried that hasn't worked? Beautiful kids though. Is there anything cuter than a sleeping child?

• Amid recession, an uptick in wives outearning their husbands

  Wed Mar 7, 2012
  • OK. As long as we are clear that it is OK, nay, encouraged for members of one half of society to treat the other half as inferior in any measurements that count. I can't see any problem or inconsistencies in that logic.