Dubious and far-fetched ideas.

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• Have You Heard the Good News? Iran isn't a threat, the stem cell debate is over, and the AIDS epidemic is slowing. What's next?
  Christopher Beam Dec. 4, 2007
  
• Yes, This Is Your Grandfather's Ford The Ford Lauderdale, the Volvo Vermont, and other car names that actually make sense.
  Aaron Kremer Nov. 21, 2007
  
• Picket Lines TV writers script their upcoming strike.
  Justin Peters Nov. 2, 2007
  
• FEMA, You're Doing a Heck of a Job Questions for the agency's future fake news conferences.
  Hart Seely Oct. 29, 2007
  
• Happy Belated Birthday, Jean-Claude Van Damme! In his 47th year, the actor prepares to unleash his greatest performance yet.
  Grady Hendrix Oct. 19, 2007
  
• Hello, Dalai! Excerpts from George W. Bush's conversations with the Dalai Lama.
  Hart Seely Oct. 16, 2007
  
• Save the (Celebrity) Children! African family adopts Britney's kids.
  Ellen Tarlin Oct. 4, 2007
  
• Noon: Lunch With Noam Chomsky The original requested U.S. travel itinerary for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
  Hart Seely Sept. 24, 2007
  
• Dear Lindsay The greeting cards disgraced celebrities send one another.
  Aug. 31, 2007
  
• Yesterday's Primary Campaign season is off to an extremely early start.
  Joe Lavin Aug. 22, 2007
  
• Craft the Vote! Winning the presidency with a Bedazzler and a crochet hook.
  Jessica Vitkus Aug. 13, 2007
  
• Worst Sports Week Ever Dogfighting, point-shaving, blood doping. It couldn't get any worse, could it?
  Josh Levin July 26, 2007
  
• Senator, Here's the Scenario … The hypothetical questions they should ask at the presidential debates.
  Hart Seely July 20, 2007
  
• The Vatican's Product Recall Defects found in Protestant and Eastern Orthodox sects.
  Timothy Noah July 11, 2007
  
• Thou Shalt Not Disrespect Top Chef 3. The Vatican expands its Ten Commandment franchise.
  Justin Peters June 22, 2007
  
• How Harry Potter Really Ends The final scene, revealed!
  Dan Kois June 14, 2007
  
• Padillapalooza Test your knowledge of the Jose Padilla trial.
  Dahlia Lithwick May 18, 2007
  
• No Exit One man's desperate attempt to quit the Los Angeles Times.
  Richard Cohen March 28, 2007
  
• Nine Other Oaths Karl Rove Could Swear He doesn't want to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" to Congress. Here are some alternatives.
  Hart Seely March 22, 2007
  
• SCOTUS-gate What if Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Miers had been confirmed to the Supreme Court?
  Dahlia Lithwick March 15, 2007
  
• NASA Astronaut Screening Test Revised and updated.
  Christopher Buckley Feb. 13, 2007
  
• Are You a Liberal Anti-Semite? Take this quiz and find out.
  Joe Lanzmann Feb. 2, 2007
  
• Wiki-Parenting How babies invented community-based collaborative authorship.
  Dahlia Lithwick Jan. 24, 2007
  
• Here We Go Again A projected timeline of the Prince William and Kate Middleton courtship.
  Christopher Buckley Jan. 23, 2007
  
• The G.W. Bush Severance Package His stock is falling. He has lost the confidence of shareholders. So how much would it take to make him go away?
  Henry Blodget Jan. 11, 2007
  
• Do I Dare Disturb Kuwait? Beneath Saddam Hussein's mask hid the soul of a poet.
  Christopher Buckley Jan. 5, 2007