Municipal WiFi was once all the rage in city governments, but the networks currently in place are falling down where it matters most (poorer neighborhoods, of course) and those cities with time to back out are doing so. Chicago just called it quits. "We realized - after much consideration - that we needed to reevaluate our approach to provide universal and affordable access to high speed Internet as part of the city's broader digital inclusion......

Michael Shermer, founder of The Skeptics Society, editor of Skeptic magazine, cannot believe this bullshit where people argue that evolution is a shaky theory. Speaking at Town Hall's Science Lecture Series, he was a less-than-staid presenter, both highly enthusiastic about science as a spiritual calling and scathing in his critique of "Intelligent Design"-ers. He's a high speed talker, prone to quips and shaggy dog jokes, and it's easy to see why Penn & Teller......