Ask any republican politician and they’ll tell you we’re fighting a war, regardless of the fact that no war was ever declared by congress.  Despite this, combating terrorism is something that is often on top of the list of priorities of things to do when you’re running the United States, or attempting to scare the [...]

Before we started subscribing to the Sunday paper several years ago, my wife asked my if I’d read the paper if we got it. “Sure,” I replied. Within a few weeks, she noticed that I was only reading the sports section and the comics and asked why I wasn’t reading the paper. “But I AM [...]

You might have already noticed it, but there is a new tab in the blue bar at the top of the page – “Advertise”.  In addition the the larger ads that some of you currently see, we are making a small number of spots available to private advertisers. You can read details here, but the [...]

Another Super Bowl is in the books. With a two year old and an infant in the house, I managed to catch a very small chunk of the game – including the critical interception. What a nice post-season by Tracy Porter, with the pick-6 in the Super Bowl as well as the pivotal interception against [...]

Underwater Airplanes sounds like an oxymoron, but it is what Sir Richard is attempting to build and sell at Virgin Atlantic. The idea is to produce vessels that can carry people under water over great distances or to great depth for tourism (similar to his space tourism scheme). This is not a new idea, except [...]

[Editor's note: this really should be obvious ... but to avoid getting sued, I'll point out that these are not serious.] Get Wesley Snipes on the phone and ask what his tax guy recommends.  Rich guys always have the best tax advisors. It’s called “voluntary compliance” for a reason.  Because it’s voluntary. Certainly, Fido qualifies [...]

Over the course of the past year, the staff of The Soap Boxers has produced a large quantity of articles on a very wide variety of subjects.  We’d also like to think that we’ve produce a high quality of work, but that’s more subjective Today, there is no new article.  Please take this time to [...]

Tony Rollins cracked a smile as he bit into the cheap fast food taco. The flimsy shell broke into pieces and hot sauce spilled out onto Tony’s hands. Tony brushed off this small misadventure. Nothing could spoil his mood today. Tony was just one small jump away from retirement. Tony, at 40, was a bit [...]

Division. What comes to mind when you think of that? Brown vs. Board of Education? Well that is more segregation than division but I believe the two are closely related. In today’s world I think of politics when I hear the word division. Why? Because we are so divided today that I have trouble believing [...]

Note: these tidbits are simply worded in a question/answer format – they are not actually submitted to Kosmo as questions. Q: Kosmo, I have some money invested and would like to know how soon it will double.  Is there an easy way to do calculate this? A: Indeed there is.  It is called “The Rule [...]