No longer confined to the rarified atmosphere of the cloisters

and the seminary, theological controversy has hit the streets.

Should the disputants be told all roads in the debate lead

to the same dead end?

President Bush Climbing the Stairway to Perdition

Dermatologists say Mahmoud Abbas's rare

skin disease may be cellphone related.

World's Worst Jobs #11

Siberian Dinghy Shuttler

What Glenn Reynolds Would Look Like

If He Were Older and Bleached His Hair

Cheerleader Trying to Teach Old Dog New Tricks

Former Ugly Ducklings Gather for Annual

Hans Christian Andersen Festival

Man Crossing a Sectarian Divide in Iraq

The soldier got really annoyed when he couldn't remember

where he had put the sixth boot.

"Scientists at a U.S. weapons laboratory say they have trained
bees to sniff out explosives." Initially, it was thought the bee 
you see here had found a bomb hidden in this trumpet flower. 
But, as it turns out, the bee had fallen for the old 'squirting
 flower' gag.

Prime Minister Prodi was delighted to see that 
President Chirac had never heard the old joke
 about the secret ingredient Emperor Heliogabalus 
added to the Caesar Salad.

Do you know that before he became the resident rightwing 
blowhard on Headline News Network, Glenn Beck authored 
two self-help books? Well, if you don't, you're not alone. 
Most people couldn't name them if their lives depended on it. 
So, for those of you who might be interested, here are the 
titles: How to Fuck a Duck: a Field Guide to Safe Sex with Our 
Fine Feathered Friends and How to Duck a Fuck: the Rape 
Prevention Manual for Oversexed and Underdressed Women.

"Speaking as someone who has been married for 37 years,"

Mitt Romney declared, "I can assure you that 'gay marriage'

is, at best, an oxymoron."

Thought to be extinct in Moscow, building cranes are

once again nesting near the Kremlin.

If you ever get collared by Diego Maradona and he starts

telling you he was the greatest soccer player who has

ever lived, you can be sure he is just blowing smoke.

"Quite frankly, Crown Prince Sultan, if Utah were sitting

on a pool of oil like your country is, Mitt Romney could

have thirty wives and favor the beheading of gays, and I

would still back him for president in 2008 without

batting an eye.”

"Did I understand you to say, King Abdullah, that having

thirty wives is what has kept your hair from turning gray?"

Sorry to disappoint, but that's not a pot of gold you see at the

end of the rainbow. It's the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.

Home Safety Tip #1

Do not strike a match while sitting on the toilet.

"You take care now, oldtimer," said the President. "I would like
 to show you the door but I'm too young to remember which one 
you came in."