Demonic tabloid sex columnist Andrea Peyser went out to investigate these "Tea Partiers," and guess what: "They're not your father's rednecks." Um, okay? Instead, they're "The majority." But rednecks were the majority in my father's day! What?

New York City subway riders are uniformly befuddled by the emergency brake! Why aren't there detailed instructions? "If it just says ‘emergency,' you're going to pull it for any reason." Does it make the train go faster? [NYT]