Guestblogger Arthur Goldwag is the author of "Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies: The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, The Illuminati, Skull and Bones, Black Helicopters, The New World Order, and many, many more" and other books.
On September 15, 2009, THE LOST SYMBOL came off press. F... More.
We've posted before about the Pope's chief astronomer Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes and his statements on possible extraterrestrial life. (ETs "don't contradict our faith," he has said.) The Vatican recently hosted a conference on the topic of astrobiology -- the study of life in the universe -- wher... More.
Here's a photo-essay from True Slant by P.J. Tobia on the houses that opium poppies built in Afghanistan. Here's a related video feature in Monocle magazine. Here's a related AFP item about poppy palaces and widespread corruption in Karzai's Afghanistan, and here's an item about the neologism in ... More.
A strapped-for-cash middle school in North Carolina is selling test points to students for $20. ... More.
We aren't very good at predicting either one much further out than a week or two.
A BBC story (and film) talks about the problems virologists and public health defenders face as they tackle a virus like H1N1 flu and try to figure out how the disease will impact people around the globe. It's an ho... More.
No copyright battles? The "you" that he doesn't hate must be his lawyer.
wonderful post, wish I had Darth for my living room wall
I liked Biskup lots better when he was copying Jim Flora than when he is imitating a computer.
I still love Tim Biskup.
lol. I spent ages staring at Vader thinking Astroboy was hidden in there somehow.
Then I scrolled down...
yay tim! LA has missed you! that astroboy is poppin'!
Imitating a computer? Biskup gets better every year, and he as more soul in his work than almost any other artist out there. Snarky narrow-minded posts make me sad.
Astroboy looks great, my living room wall is killing for some art like this!