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Funny Quote of the Day

This is Megan McArdle on Cindy McCain’s gaffe. She passed recipes from the Food Network off as her own: The honorable thing to do is attribute, of course, but the McCain team still seems to be intent...

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Boo on you, Democratic candidates

Boo on you, Barack and Hillary. Others have this subject amply covered, but I wanted to note that Barack and Hillary have both jumped on the anti-vaccinationist bandwagon. The bandwagon is getting...

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Political Quote for Today

Not really a fan of Jonah Goldberg, but damn this is funny: It’s been rumored that McClellan was hired by the Bush White House to appeal to a specific sub-constituency: pasty middle-aged men with a...

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A Reassuring Schedule for Yucca Mountain

I don’t want to get into the issue of whether the nuclear storage site at Yucca Mountain is a good idea. (The folks over at SEA know a whole lot more about the subject than I do.) My gut instinct is...

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US Politics Moving West

An article at RealClearPolitics of interest to those living in the Southwest. (I am looking at you, Mom and Dad.) Political observers agree that, like in the Northeast, Democrats have made gains...

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Why do we vote?

I always get in arguments with mathematically-inclined people about whether to vote or not. The mathematically-inclined point out very reasonably that the chances of your vote being decisive are...

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Sanjay Gupta is a possible Surgeon General

Obama’s transition team has approached CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta for the position of Surgeon General: The Obama transition team approached Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, about...

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Deliberate Skepticism of Obama’s Inauguration

I am the type of person who is pretty skeptical of broad claims made by anyone.  I am a scientist after all. But I am especially skeptical of all statements made by politicians. If there is anything...

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Are Health, Technology and Science Spending Effective as Short-Term Stimulus?

Health-infrastructure, information technology, and science research spending are clearly related to the success of our economy. They represent investments into intellectual property and human capital...

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Americans have contradictory beliefs on stimulus package

From CNN: Of the 800 Americans surveyed from Feb. 7-8, 48% said the plan would help “some,” and 16% said they felt the stimulus bill would help the economy “a lot.” Only 16% said the bill would not...

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