Predicted: Obesity Rates Above 60% — Will Your State Be the Fattest?
Highest obesity rates: One distinction states want to shed Perhaps you should be sitting down to read this. Or maybe standing up would be better. Standing up, running … Read more
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Argus Has Fun with the News: NFL & More
In the news, the N.Y. Yankees apologized after a video was posted of a man and woman having sex in the stadium men’s room. It was during Monday’s … Read more
Argus Has Fun with the News: Ann Romney & More
In the news, the University of Amsterdam released a study proving that sexual activity promotes brain growth and adds intelligence. It concluded that sex makes you smarter. We … Read more
Texas Speed Limit: Cause For Envy Or Alarm?
Toll road speed limit is touted as a “premium service” to lure paying customers The song says “the eyes of Texas are upon you,” but right now the … Read more
Our Disgraceful Minimum Wage
In natural terms, our economy is a giant sequoia. Unfortunately, our present corporate and governmental leadership can’t seem to grasp one of the basic laws of nature: You … Read more
NRA Tries Radically More Aggressive Sales Tactics to Peddle Guns
Gun lobby NRA moves toward street-level marketing As Marcus Nowlberg walked down the sidewalk in his hometown of Suburbiaville, Colorado one August evening, little did he know that … Read more
Lost Journal: Car Window Stickers Meet the Demand to Brand
Journal entry: October 2, 2007 (age 38) Necessity may be the mother of invention, but greed is the father, and boredom is at least one of the godparents. … Read more
Spinning the Zero Bounce
The GOP Convention had everything: Empty chairs, empty suits, but no bounce Let’s speak about The Bounce, shall we? The Bounce being the jump that a three-day, red-white-and-blue … Read more
Mitt Romney’s Hamm-Handed Energy Policy
Poor Mitt Romney. He keeps trying to prop up his bad policy proposals with gimmicky political props that flop. He recently unveiled his energy policy, for example, in … Read more
Argus Has Fun with the News: Scientology & More
The U.S. Border Patrol was reported in the news as seizing the lowest-ever number of illegal aliens trying to cross into California last month. It’s the economy. It’s … Read more
