Monk

According to an Earth Day survey, one-third of schoolchildren between the ages of 6 and 11 think the Earth will have been destroyed by the time they grow up. That's great news, isn't it? Not for the Earth, I mean, but for "environmental awareness." Congratulations to Al Gore, the Sierra Club and the eco-propagandists of the public education system in doing such a terrific job of traumatizing America's moppets. Traditionally, most of the folks you see wandering the streets proclaiming the end of the world is nigh tend to be getting up there in years. It's quite something to have persuaded millions of first-graders that their best days are behind them.

-- Mark Steyn for The O.C. Register

Two men are pursuing a lawsuit to stop scientists from using a giant particle accelerator, claiming it could create a black hole that might eat up the Earth.

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That was the teaser caption the Times used for the story. I'm glad that this isn't just a front page story for an outlet like The National Inquirer or any of those more exotic periodicals, because this made my morning. Dragons would be so cool!

( Article )

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Would anyone care to make a bet on when life on earth is extinguished? You can.

I am glad to see that the Times is allowing John Tierney to maintain some visibility at the paper. A creative and quirky thinker. In this piece he writes about doomsday predictions and on betting on them. Gotta love the internet!

( Tierney article )

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