Driving Miss Crazy

Despite occasionally making fools of themselves in public, husbands fulfill various functions which are beneficial and important to society.
Besides carrying unwieldy appliances, moving heavy furniture, and opening tightly-sealed containers, husbands are useful for taking out the trash—dry or wet, plastic or paper—rain or shine, given proper training and motivation.
But of the many duties husbands perform, [...]

Heart attack

OF the countless risks which can cause heart attacks—alcohol, tobacco,cheeseburgers, and relatives—none can prove more potent, and perhaps even more devastating, than entertainment news.
You got that right: celebrity gossip can kill you, especially if taken in large, unregulated amounts.
Compared to arteries clogged by bad cholesterol, liver damage wrought by beer, and lung cancer brought about [...]

Great—and unmet—expectations

A book review of P. J. O’Rourke on the Wealth of Nations

P. J. O’Rourke reads Adam Smith so you don’t have to.
Or so says the blurb—printed in boldface—on the front inner flap of his latest opus.
Entitled “On The Wealth Of Nations,” the work is the American journalist’s take on Smith’s classic as part of Atlantic [...]