Having learned the other day there's a new and improved edition of Darwin's Origin of Species being given away to college students next month – for free! – by a creationist group seeking to point out "Darwin’s racism," "his disdain for women," and Adolf Hitler’s "undeniable connection with the theory," I had to find out: [...]

Each Sunday at my home is homemade pizza night. This past week, a family member asked for an unorthodox topping.

Yum?

The problem with "jumping the shark" is not that the phrase itself has "jumped the shark." It's not that the possibility of one's own shark-jumping can lead to excellent blogging. It's that once one has "jumped the shark" (beggared its cultural capital) there is no mention of where the shark-jumper completes his, her, or its [...]