Kansas Can't be Trusted With Books

Kansas, a place recently in the news because a physician there was murdered while attending Sunday service at a Wichita church, has some infamous history.

Adding to all of the above, the Los Angeles Times reports that Kansas cannot even be trusted with books. "Books dating back to 1819 recently were vandalized at Watson Library on the University of Kansas campus, causing $5,000 worth of damage," the paper reports.

And what about the mysterious Kansas Rectangle?

Trouble in the garden: A gang of blue flowers menace the rose.

The Onion's Inauguration Coverage

Headlines from The Onion: Vice Presidential Handlers Lure Cheney Into Traveling Crate and Hillary Clinton Mouthing Along to Presidential Oath. Read the rest at this link.

The Onion: An Inside Look by the Washington Post

Wells Towers, writing in yesterday's Washington Post, takes a look at the nation's leading newspaper that is intentionally satirical, The Onion.

The road to what's news, Onion-style.

From The Onion: Campaign Aftermath

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are