Berlin

The feed store where I buy organic layer feed for my backyard chickens offers me a 10% "human-powered transport" discount if I pick up my order on my bicycle. As I bike around town happily (and slowly, chicken feed is heavy), I think, everyone should offer a discount like this!Evidently, my desires...

It seems like 2008 was the year when America started to rethink its stand on prostitution. Traditionally, the world's oldest profession has been a definite no-no in the U.S., constrained to shady streets, dark alleys, and the occasional legal brothel in Nevada. In 2008, however, it seemed to wander...

Beyond belief, it's starting to become fashionable to visit places for the enjoyment of watching the local menfolk brandish deadly weapons. In Italy, soldiers in body armor were recently deployed to stand vigil around potential terrorist sites. The Financial Times reports that in Rome, where a...