Recently, the news was filled with reports about the Massachusetts special election to fill the late Senator Edward Kennedy's seat. Although polls show that people in Massachusetts tend to be politically liberal and support the Democratic party, the election was won by a more conservative candidate and a Republican, Scott Brown. Both the news media and the "blogosphere" have been inundated with know-it-all pundits giving all sorts of reasons for the vote. The Democratic candidate, Martha Coakley, was showing up in the polls just a month or two earlier with a 30 point lead over Mr. Brown. What caused this surprising shift in popularity to take place? Well, I'm not one of those well-paid

Every year, I receive an email from my mother, who (God bless her heart) loves to forward on chain letters and random, unsubstantiated claims. This particular email always focuses on how, on August 27, Mars will come closer to Earth than it has in thousands of years and will be the size of the full moon in the night sky. This particular email is a remnant of the one sent around to celebrate the actual occurrence, when, on August 27, 2003, Mars came within 35 million miles of Earth (which happens only once every 60,000 years) and appeared 6 times larger and 85 times brighter than it normally does. The reference in the email to Mars appearing to be the size of the full moon was intended

Adam Selzer, author of Your Neighborhood Gives Me the Creeps, was featured on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory last night. To listen to the broadcast, click here. Adam's portion of the broadcast involves ghostbusting, so tune in to hear Adam's thoughts and suggestions.