Facebook limits accounts to those who say that they are at least 13 years old. Shockingly, some kids lie to get on the popular social network.

A Welcome to Wisconsin sign with another sign saying “A Division of Koch Industries” is going around Twitter.

An offhand comment in my post “Obama Killed Cap’n Crunch” sparked inquiries about the fate of the General Mills line of cereals featuring monster characters.

Job interviews, resumes, and all the rest are imperfect ways of matching candidates with employment openings.

The CNN Effect has given away to Twitter Standard Time.

Japan was rocked by a massive earthquake, which in turned spawned a tsunami.

Cap’n Crunch is going the way of Joe Camel.

NPR is a collection of local stations, not a single station. And it’s run that way.

The peculiar habit of some Indo-Europeans of assigning gender to nouns is frustrating and amusing.

The Nixon Center has gone from one of the most controversially named think tanks in Washington to yet another blandly named one: Center for the National Interest.

We’ve been hearing about peak oil for years. But now some experts are warning of an even more serious crisis: Peak coffee.

The Dalai Lama will give up his political role in the Tibetan government-in-exile and shift that power to an elected representative.

Wisconsin Republicans stripped state employees of collective bargaining rights without the Democratic senators who fled the state to prevent a quorum.

Gmail has introduced another feature to help people deal with inbox overload: Smart Labels.

Salmon Khan argues that students should watch videos at night and practice during the day.

Paul Krugman admits that he doesn’t bother to read conservative commentary. Should he?

The legendary columnist David Broder has died.

While there are doubtless flaws with the journalistic values and culture of the New Media, we too often contrast today with a Golden Age of Media that never existed.

All of the plausible Republican contenders for 2012 have significant downsides.

An op-ed by a Hao Leifeng in China’s Global Times argues that “Actor Charlie Sheen is a classic example of the difference in Western and Eastern values and norms.”

Marizela Perez, Michelle Malkin’s cousin, remains missing. She was last seen in Seattle’s University District Saturday afternoon.

Scientists have discovered that the Internet could be a useful collaborate tool.

William Easterly identifies the concept of the negative highway, inconvenient connections between Interstate highways seemingly created for the sole purpose of enticing people to shop at local businesses.

The top ranks of the military are whiter and decidedly more male than the country as a whole. Should that change?

Would you like President Obama to speak at your graduation? You’re the only one.

Charlie Sheen was the highest paid sitcom actor on the planet. Until a few minutes ago:

The lines between our public and professional identities and our private and social ones continue to blur.

Former French president Jacques Chirac is being tried on corruption charges stemming from misconduct as mayor of Paris.

Mitt Romney starts his 2012 run as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. But, in reinventing himself yet again, the “authenticity” issue that troubled many of us in 2008 looms again.

George Mason University law students are petitioning against the requirement to pay $136 to rent cap and gown regalia in order to attend their graduation ceremony.

Why is Charlie Sheen seen as likable despite his serial abuse of women?

An Alabama legislator wants to ban the use of Islamic law in the state’s courts — just in case Muslims take over.

How to shave 40 percent off your grocery bill: Buy less meat!

The saga of accused Wikileaks conspirator Bradley Manning continues to get uglier, with the military acknowledging that he was forced to spend the day naked for, well, no apparent reason.

James Franco is a film director, screenwriter, painter, author, performance artist and actor. And working on a PhD at Yale.

Mike Huckabee apologized for saying Barack Obama grew up in Kenya, explaining only that he meant that the president isn’t a Real American.

Video of “An experiment to see the effects of installing every major upgrade version of windows, in order, on the same machine.”

Northwestern’s Human Sexuality course includes a naked woman being brought to orgasm with a dildo.

The United States Army is radically redesigning its physical fitness test.

At what point does the legitimate right to demonstrate cross the line into infringing on the rights of others?

Americans had it so much better in the 1950s, right?

The most likely cuts in federal spending are likely to actually increase the deficit over time.

Iran doesn’t like the logo for the London Olympics and is threatening to boycott if it isn’t changed.

Muammar Gadaffi’s family hired big name entertainers for parties. What with the ongoing mayhem in Libya, that’s coming under scrutiny.

Whites make more money than non-whites throughout our food distribution system.