A sunken ship called the HMS Terror was discovered in the Arctic, roughly 168 years after its shipwreck. Apparently, its voyage (with the ultimate goal of finding the Northwest Passage) was doomed from the start–probably because the Northwest Passage doesn’t exist. We suggest you name your ships a little better next time, @British Royal Navy. […]

Dateline: Teacher’s College. In what is tentatively being dubbed the “2008 Madonna Constantine Plagiarism Incident Slash Witch Hunt Slash General Racism Shitshow”, the Times is starting the morning off by informing us that Professor Constantine will be keeping her job. The New Republic takes a surprisingly un-touchy-feely position and, frankly, goes on a bit of […]

Not to be outdone, Madonna has hopped on the African-orphan-hugging bandwagon with a $3 million donation to J. Sachs’ Millennium Voices foundation, which will help villages in the malaria-infested African nation of Malawi. The rocker chalks up her newfound generosity to having had kids of her own, as well as the giving spirit of Jewish […]