If you thought that flying has become a bit more miserable than it used to be -- aside from all the aggravations of TSA -- you are not alone.  Turns out that the airline industry has really been changing things, and not to the benefit of the traveler.

Even mild-mannered Clark Kent has had enough. 

And you thought you were upset about the lack of a US space program!

I might have to go see Go Speed Racer now

Yesterday I mentioned that kids are still reading -- Reading Rainbow is building on that trend.

Ever wonder just why candidates spend so much money on negative ads when everyone deplores them and voters complain about them?

It is important to remember that just because you place limits on what you can and cannot do for others, it does not mean that you are being heartless and/or selfish. 

Napoleon met with his first defeat long before the infamous Waterloo -- reams have been written about the French troops inability to comprehend the reality of the Russion winter.  The decisive battle was 200 years ago, and this study talks about the impact of sub-zero temperatures on tin as a decisive factor.

Howard Rheingold, our beloved leader in BrainStorms,  is featured in a Forbes article as a digital elder.

Earthshots reminds us that while Curiosity explores Mars, there are places here on earth that look totally alien with this shot of the Badlands in New Mexico: