A Summer Storm

Everyone from chiropractors to registered nurses is touting ear stapling as the be-all, end-all New Age weight-loss strategy. Plug your ear with one staple, the story goes, and the fat slides off you like butter on top of a hot yeast roll...

While in my hometown of Anniston, Al, we visited the local Lowe's Hardware. Looking for Halloween decorations? You're out of luck. Want Christmas decorations? They gotcha covered. How long before Christmas becomes the holiday we celebrate every day...

Lured in by the comfy seats, plentiful electrical sockets, and lack of lunchtime traffic, I wrote for an hour or so at a local Starbucks today. (I know, I know ... they're the evil empire. But at least their wall-mounted menus aren't framed with...