Fun with scanning and OCR: some notable errors when the Atlantic Monthly put old articles online. And, Sage Stossel deserves to be in line for a Pulitzer for her Sage, Ink editorial cartoons.

A story about a ride on a beer truck in Africa wins a prize from the Queen's English Society.

Turns out that goldfish do have memories that last more than 2 seconds.

Inside the mind of France: new books psychoanalyze why France is in decline. More on the decrepitude of the French republic.

Ten years after Somalia, US foreign policy is still squeamish about purely humanitarian missions.

Birds and the bees: a Dutch biologist has documented the first known instance of "homosexual necrophilia in the mallard".

UK club bouncers will soon be licensed and certified.

Shiny, happy people: Americans rank 16th in the world in happiness. We got beat out by the Nigerians...