Lockheed Martin's Pefrorene graphene filter, Industry Tap *** While we hear a lot of news about the long-standing drought in Cali...

Our  latest controversy being the Confederate flag , here are some thoughts on it. The flag currently known as the Confederate flag (aka ...

Nancy Klehm, Mellow Yellow, Root Simple *** Making wine is a good exercise in patience; fruit wines require 6 months to a year or mo...

Monte Wolverton , Cagle Post *** Israel's rationale for blockading the Palestinians in Gaza is its de facto rule by  Hamas , a re...

Rachel Dolezal told Matt Lauer, " I identify as black. " Her statement has struck a chord with at least two cartoonists. *** ...

JennaMartin, Petapixel *** At some point in your evolution as an artist, you reach a stage where it's time to decide whether to s...

Breathless Books , Assent Publishing *** It's likely you don't choose a romantic partner the same way you choose a car. True?...

If you're one of the estimated 14 million current or former civilian U.S. government employees , the hackers who recently broke into th...

Canvas (and other) panels, Life of a Daily Painter *** Usually I paint on canvas stretched over a wooden frame. But the materials can...

Cities captured by the waves and drawn to a watery death captivate the imagination. Where once people bustled about their daily tasks, recl...

Under the Patriot Act the NSA gathers too much data , much of it  using phone company and social media records . This week Congress partial...

10th Century dish, EastPersia (photo by Sailko ), Wikipedia *** This post started as a guide for drawing Celtic knots. It has expande...

NASA, Bimini Island, Wikipedia *** The lost continent of Atlantis has captured imaginations for centuries. What confuses the issue o...

Time passes, things happen and the tune changes. Then it changes again. As the philosophers say: the only constant is change. *** Mike...

Here are some DIY projects that went wrong or just don't work. You'll see why. Viralnova coined the term DIWhy. Here's a link...

Iraq AmarahTroops ( AP Images ),  Kansas City Star *** Memorial Day, 3pm. Don't Forget . If you didn't know or forgot, do i...

The cartoons this week are overwhelmingly about Hillary and Jeb, the Middle East and ISIS, and college debt; here are three that aren't...