The "B" Word: Barack, Baruch, Benediction and Blessing

Some were sceptical when Barack Obama told Jewish voters that his first name had the same Semitic root as Hebrew "Baruch," meaning "A blessing." [1] Although further speculation (not by Obama) that Barack was...

The Oldest Joke in the Book

Evidently the oldest recorded joke is a fart joke. Some things just never go out of fashion, and body humor is one of them. What makes stuff like farting and pooping so funny? Huh-huh.... poop..."Academics have...