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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Evolving Sex

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The International Herald Tribune has an interesting article on parthenogenesis in Komodo dragons and other species. Parthenogenesis occurs ...
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Global Swelling

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The consensus among scientists today is that the earth's continents have drifted apart over the ages due to the spreading of the sea flo...

The Russian Bear Is Stirring

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Recent statements and provocations by the Russian leadership and military suggest to some that Vladimir Putin wishes to initiate a new cold ...

Reforming Education

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Sol Stern has an article in City Journal that should be read by everyone pursuing or contemplating a career in education or who cares about...
Friday, February 22, 2008

Battling Cancer

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Tony Snow, former press secretary to President Bush, talks about his battle with cancer. It's pretty inspirational: He's an amaz...

Why Do People Believe?

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According to a Fox News story Oxford University is going to spend $3.7 million to try to determine why it is that people believe in God. Is...

That's a Problem

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Even his supporters can't say what Senator Obama has actually done to qualify him for the presidency. Here's Texas state senator Kir...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Satellite Shootdown

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Last night the U.S. Navy shot down an errant spy satellite about the size of a bus which threatened to dump toxic fuel in inhabited areas as...

Long Life

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There's a lot of information in this NYT story , but the key graphs are these: Living past 90, and living well, may be more than a mat...

Fourteen Challenges

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This is strange. A BBC article lists fourteen challenges facing humanity in the next several decades, but omits the one challenge that must...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Religion of Peace

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The Danish cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard, responsible for this cartoon was targeted for death by Danish Muslims. Police have made fiv...

No Pride

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Hillary's campaign has been trying to make a mountain out of a molehill by accusing Obama of using words plagiarized from Massachuset...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

At Last

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After 50 years of murderous, oppressive rule, 81 year-old Fidel Castro is finally relinquishing power in Cuba. His brother Raul, 76, is tak...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Curious Vote

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The Senate voted last Wednesday to ban waterboarding as a means of interrogation of detainees in the war on terror. The vote was 51 to 45 a...

The New Cigarette

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Another study has shown a link between cell-phone use and health problems: An Israeli scientist, Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, has found a link ...

Re: Endocrine Disruptors

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A couple of weeks ago we did a post on some research involving the chemical BPA found in plastic bottles. The studies showed that BPA leach...

The Three Worst

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Yesterday we posted a piece on the ten best presidents in American history. Ari Kauffman at The American Thinker opines on who he thinks ar...

Chauncey Obama

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Bob Gorrell comments on the politics of saying nothing with Barackian panache: RLC

More on Muggy's Demise

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The assassination in Damascus of the mass murderer Imad Mughniyeh (even his name is ugly) continues to ramify. DEBKAfile reports on a numbe...

Presidents' Day Ten Best

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On this Presidents' Day we feature a Harris poll of Americans which produced a ranking of the top ten presidents in American history. ...