One of the regular features of Harper's Magazine is the "Harper's Index," which is a compendium of interesting statistics culled from the news and various and sundry journals.

While the "Harper's Index" is always worth a read, four items from this month's issue (January 2013; Vol. 326, No. 1952) jumped out at me:

• Percentage of Canadians who ( Read more... )

As a once and former Marvel Zombie, I've been struck at various points over the last three or four years at how Timely (bad comic geek pun; sorry) some of Marvel Comics' storylines from the early-to-mid-1970s are today.

( Whosoever fears ideologues, BURNS at the touch of the Shrub-Thing. )