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California is about to get our State quarter.
Interestingly, the article frames these state quarters as a product. It costs 5 cents to mint a quarter so each quarter collected out of a circulation means 20 cents profit for the government.
It seems strange, but then so does this claim:

According to a poll commissioned by [...]

One :headline of little surprise:

Hamas Victory Rally Erupts Into Shootout

Ami Eden argues against combating idiotic anti-semitism like Prince Harry’s recent Nazi costume.
Mr. Eden would save the strong public condemnation, hue and outcry in wait for more dangerous anti-semitism.
Yet Mr. Eden picks some strange examples:

In several recent controversies - including the debates over Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ,” the role of neoconservatives in [...]

Writing in the New York Times, UCLA psychiatrist Joshua Freedman manages a sort of Brooksian feat.
His discussion revolves around a study finding that voters seem to bond emotionally with both the candidate they support and the candidate they oppose. To decide their vote even the most rabid partisan must overcome their initial well regard for [...]

James Miller wants to argue that blogs are not a polarizing force.
His arguments are along these lines:

Few conservatives will have their views of homosexuality changed by anything they read in The New York Times or see on CBS news. The liberal biases of these two mainstream media giants are odious enough to conservatives that conservatives [...]

From Wired’s roundup of the 2005 Macworld, comes a little gem:

Koen Van Tongeren, a student at the University of Amsterdam who is writing a thesis on Mac fan culture, said he was disappointed by the lack of Apple haircuts and tattoos. Having traveled from the Netherlands, he expected his first Macworld to resemble a Trekkie [...]

Seth Stevenson eyes the problem with ESPN’s new poker series.

Haven’t these writers watched World Poker Tour? Don’t they know that real poker players have awkward facial hair? That they wear satin jackets with casino logos and chew on unlit cigarettes for hours at a time? That they are frequently Vietnamese?

The show probably loses with the [...]

Colts Coach Tony Dungy explains the whole joke behind Randy Moss’ pantomime mooning touchdown celebration.

“I will say one thing about Moss … probably no one in the country can appreciate what is behind that,” Dungy said. “What happens, and if you play in that division, which I did for a long time, you know when [...]

New York Times movie critic A.O. Scott puts nail to hammerhead when he calls Sideways the most overrated movie of 2004.

The movie is well written and flawlessly acted, funny and observant (if also, at two hours and three minutes, a bit long for a four-person comedy). It also seems to me, through no fault [...]