Cold clobbers Florida crops, Rubio clobbers Crist, New Jersey wisens up on pot, and more.
All Else
Best of the Rest: January 11, 2010
On the fates of Rahm Emanuel, Ali Khamenei, Hitler, Progress Energy, and Florida’s cheap health insurer for the poor.
Best of the Rest: January 8-10, 2009
Why al-Qaeda is failing and winning, why the right-wing is going off the cliff, why Florida’s lawmakers are loons, and more.
Best of the Rest: January 7, 2010
Whaling, racists and crazy cops thrive, manatees, the poor and good sense don’t.
Best of the Rest: January 6, 2009
The GOP’s moderate troubles in Florida, the Dolphins’ latest tax scheming, the Marlins’ latest stitching, and the trouble with happy talk.
A Star So Big It’s Obese
Betelgeuse really is a big star. If placed at the center of our Solar System it would extend to the orbit of Jupiter.
Best of the Rest: January 5, 2010
Judges gone wild, Tasers gone wild, DUI lawmakers gone wild, and more wilderness.
Prohibition’s Binge of Sanctimony
On the history and stupidity of Prohibition, the 13-year binge of sanctimony that a minority of eugenics fans and anti-German racists imposed on the majority.
Best of the Rest: January 4, 2010
Red-light camera epidemic, citrus in Florida, Florida’s top environmental stories of the year, profiling’s return, and more.
Best of the Rest: January 1-3, 2010
Where it started going wrong for Crist, how Blackwater gets away with murder again, and the federal judiciary’s reefer madness.