Slimy, yet satisfying. Ban Ki-Moon is doing his best Marie Antoinette impression, telling the world’s hungry to eat bugs. The AP reports: A 200-page report, released at a news conference at the U.N. agency’s Rome headquarters, says 2 billion people worldwide already supplement their diets with insects, which are high in protein and minerals, and […]

The suicide rate for middle-aged Americans has risen by nearly 30 percent over the past decade. This news is depressing enough on its own, but the gender breakdown is where it gets disturbing: According to the New York Times, middle-aged American men kill themselves at nearly four times the rate that women do.W. Bradford Wilcox looks […]

The US shale boom has been great for the energy industry, obviously, but it has also produced ripple effects throughout other sectors of the economy. In particular, the boom has been a boon for the many chemical companies that rely on fossil fuels for production. In fact, it’s been such a game changer that many […]

If you’re currently an alcoholic, drug addict, or sex offender in California, don’t worry. There is one job you still check out for: drug and alcohol counselor. The Sacramento Bee reports on the results of a California State Senate investigation: The investigation identified at least 23 registered sex offenders certified as drug and alcohol counselors, a […]

The Department of Homeland Security is raising an alarm over a wave of cyber attacks from the Middle East that has targeted the processing systems of US energy companies. The NYT reports: “We are concerned by these intrusions, and we are trying to make sure they don’t lead to something much bigger, as they did […]

We all knew Detroit had it bad, but we had no idea it was this bad.Today DC bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr, appointed by the state as Detroit’s emergency manager, issued a report to the state treasurer detailing the city’s growing costs and dwindling revenue totaling more than $15 billion in debts and long-term liabilities. Bloomberg reports: […]

Tuition costs at private universities may be plateauing, but not at public schools. Government spending on public colleges has been on the budget chopping block, so many public schools have been raising tuition to make up for the lost funds.While students at these schools are feeling the pinch, however, presidents are doing extremely well for […]

Wile E. Coyote, meet Road Runner. Notwithstanding the State Department’s tone-deaf attempts to ban them last week, blueprints for the Liberator 3D printable gun have been downloaded more than 100,000 times and have been mirrored on a variety of blogs and sites like the Pirate Bay, the NY Times reported. As planned by Defense Distributed, the anarcho-libertarian outfit […]

David Cameron is in Washington this week, and Syria is among the things he is most keen to talk about with President Obama. Cameron, who spoke at length with Vladimir Putin about the Syrian crisis this weekend in Sochi, walked away feeling pretty good. UK’s Telegraph reports that Cameron felt the meetings were “extremely positive” and […]

Iran’s looming elections in June got a bit more interesting over the weekend.First, a criminal complaint was opened against President Ahmadinejad by Iran’s Guardian Council, a committee of powerful clerics who interpret Iran’s constitution and supervise the elections. The complaint against Ahmadinejad is for openly endorsing Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, his close adviser, whom he’s been grooming to succeed him. […]