Letting the fundamentalists define religion is like letting Donald Trump define mine.

If the snake oil doesn’t do everything the salesman promised, don’t blame the snake.

Headline from today’s Contra Costa Times:

Judge tosses union suit

From the New York Times website:

Tax Cuts Still Don’t Pay for Themselves

I think maybe I need to announce a new policy that at any given time no more than three projects can be my top priority.

From Topix:

Palo Alto, CA January 16, 2015 – According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, wealthy families are increasingly setting up private trust companies to manage their assets, rather than using traditional trust companies. “Private trust companies offer families more flexibility and more control,” said Michael Gilfix, a Palo Alto estate planning attorney with Gilfix & La Poll Associates LLP. Still, Gilfix points out, there can be downsides. Traditionally, people with autism are thought to be loners who do not desire social connection.

From the Daily Mail:

New CDC confusion over Ebola as it deletes warning that virus can spread through coughs and sneezes from its website

Stay away from that website!

From an article about bees, wasps, and other stinging insects in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal:

Some limited evidence suggests wearing perfume, cologne or deodorant might attract the stinging creatures. So going au naturel might be a safe bet.

If corporations are people, doesn’t the Thirteenth Amendment make it illegal to own stock?