Politics:
Serbs vote for closer ties with Europe in huge turnaround: Serbs voted for closer ties with Europe instead of isolation for the second time in three months in Sunday's snap parliamentary poll, in a stunning turnaround that negated pre- election...
Posted on May 11, 2008 5:13 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Our governor agrees. At least in the print version of this article which has a somehwat different title: "Easley supports college for aliens". I wonder why they changed it for the Web version - is the editorial position that having...
Posted on May 9, 2008 11:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Legislature wants polar bear study: The state Legislature is looking to hire a few good polar bear scientists. The conclusions have already been agreed upon -- researchers just have to fill in the science part. That's how little Johnny Alaska...
Posted on May 8, 2008 9:12 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I wanted to write this, but Abel did it much more eloquently....
Posted on May 7, 2008 10:41 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I am about to go to vote. You can watch the NC results here. Update: Pam is liveblogging the election. If you have experiences from the polling places around NC today, post them in her comments....
Posted on May 6, 2008 8:47 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Science Communication Consortium presents: Science and Congress: The Role of Think Tanks and Congressional Science Committees Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:00-8:30pm CUNY - 365 Fifth Avenue, NY NY (directions below) Recent years have seen a rise in prominence of...
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There have recently been several articles in the media about brain enhancers, so-called Nootropics, or "smart drugs". They have been abused by college students for many years now, but they are now seeping into other places where long periods of...
Posted on April 1, 2008 11:47 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Words of wisdom (via): The internet isn't a decoration on contemporary society, it's a challenge to it. A society that has an internet is a different kind of society than a society that doesn't. I agree. And people, regardless of...
Posted on March 31, 2008 8:32 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
SEA will train scientists to run for office: SEA is holding a workshop to train scientists to run for office on May 10th at Georgetown University. If you are a scientist or engineer and have been considering running for office...
Posted on March 30, 2008 8:44 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...Savior or Satan?...
Posted on March 28, 2008 8:02 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I have announced before my support for my friend and blogger Jay Ovittore in his race to unseat the Republican Congressman Howard Coble. But before he can get there, he first needs to defeat the establishment Democrats in the primaries,...
Posted on March 28, 2008 7:09 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Next Triangle blogger meetup is this Wednesday at 6pm at Milltown (307 E. Main St., Carrboro). It is organized by our friends at Orange Politics, for several years the model for local political organizing online. It is likely some...
Posted on March 24, 2008 2:59 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Will one man's tryst mean a $200-billion heist will go unreported? Reading Habits of the Liberal Media (via Melissa). Getting the Politics of the Press Right: Walter Pincus Rips into Newsroom Neutrality High-level right-wing discourse Immigration irrationality What's Wrong With...
Posted on March 16, 2008 11:06 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lindsay Beyerstein: Spitzer linked to prostitution ring Spitzer's Nixonian hubris Sex and taxes: How Spitzer allegedly got caught Spitzer and Suspicious Activity Reports and sex stings Enough is enough: Feds probe Spitzer's records back to 1999 Amanda Marcotte: Cut out...
Posted on March 13, 2008 9:08 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why are Republicans (and their voters) so insecure about their masculinity? What are they covering up with their aggression and machismo? Why everything they say and do in an election boils down to some mythical and barbaric notion of manliness:...
Posted on March 10, 2008 5:31 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A Democrat and a physicist won a special election in the Dennis Hastert's uber-Republican district (also birthplace of Ronald Reagan) yesterday. He is an overall Good Guy....
Posted on March 9, 2008 3:43 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Repubs are stoking fear and violence as that is the only thing left for them on which to campaign. Thus, we need to keep the Dems in the news and campaigning (and thus media forgetting McCain) and the people...
Posted on March 8, 2008 7:18 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sretan Osmi Mart!...
Posted on March 8, 2008 6:28 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
You probably heard that representatives of two presidential campaigns showed up at the AAAS meeting last month in Boston and partipated in a panel, which may lead to the ScienceDebate08 becoming reality. Now, The New Scientist provides the video of...
Posted on March 1, 2008 11:21 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
See all the clips here....
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Posted on February 26, 2008 11:06 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early...
Posted on February 25, 2008 11:32 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Posted on February 25, 2008 8:08 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Get the embeddable video clips here....
Posted on February 24, 2008 6:54 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Chez describes how and why CNN fired him for blogging and then piles on! Spread the word. The old media needs to learn to respect the people formerly known as audience....
Posted on February 22, 2008 11:30 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lawrence Lessig is running for Congress and blogging about it. It would be sooooo nice to have him elected. Join the Facebook group and donate....
Posted on February 21, 2008 10:43 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
While I was busy, I heard Castro resigned, Musharaff's party lost the elections, and Kosovo declared independence. Wake me up when something really important happens, e.g., Bush leaves the White House.......
Posted on February 19, 2008 4:36 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Orac: The American Academy of Pediatrics versus antivaccinationist hypocrisy Drake Bennett: Black man vs. white woman Sheril R. Kirshenbaum: The Presidential Science Debate That Happened TODAY In Boston! and The Boston Debate Mike Dunford: The Role of Science in Politics:...
Posted on February 18, 2008 10:41 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A guide to hiring women. Obsolete technical skills (I have them all except #11!) The social source of religion. Charles Barkley for President!...
Posted on February 18, 2008 12:22 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The elephants in the room: How the GOP lost its way by Hal Crowther Kafkaesque Bureaucracies Impede Import of Scientific Goods in Brazil by Mauro Rebelo Open Science and the developing world: Good intentions, bad implementation? by Cameron Neylon Alternative...
Posted on February 14, 2008 7:07 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Mythbusting Canadian Healthcare, Part II: Debunking the Free Marketeers by Sara Robinson Scientific Careerism 101: Yes, grad students and postdocs it IS your fault by DrugMonkey The project of being a grown-up scientist (part 2) by Janet D. Stemwedel The...
Posted on February 13, 2008 11:41 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sheril and Chris have announced that the invitations to the remaining Presidential candidates for the Science Debate 2008 have been sent. The date is April 18th, 2008, just 4 days before the Pennsylvania primary (the last big primary that may...
Posted on February 12, 2008 8:55 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Mythbusting Canadian Health Care -- Part I by Sara Robinson. Constitutional Originalism, Natural Law, and The Ninth Amendment by PhysioProf....
Posted on February 10, 2008 9:19 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Obligatory Readings of the Day: Jennifer Ouelette and Chris Clarke explain everything you need to know....
Posted on February 9, 2008 2:42 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Chris and Sheril report that the 600lb gorilla is in the room - the Science Debate 2008 just signed on probably its most powerful sponsor to date: The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine,...
Posted on February 4, 2008 10:18 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Over the weekend (a civilized day of the week to hold elections - Saturday) Boris Tadic won (actually retained) the Presidency of Serbia. Sure, there were some better candidates, but this is a much better outcome than what could have...
Posted on February 4, 2008 7:44 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Good first responses on blogs: Jonathan Cohn Christy Hardin Smith Pam Spaulding Melissa McEwan David Sirota Chris Bowers...
Posted on January 30, 2008 2:35 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
NPR MSNBC Darn! The only one who understood how to fight the reactionary forces of the GOP. It will be really difficult to make the decision now. Hope that Obama is not as naive as he appears?...
Posted on January 30, 2008 9:30 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Posted on January 29, 2008 11:41 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Apparently, it was more important to some voters that the candidate looks like them than that the candidate is actually good for them. Ah well, the identity politics... Clinton won the white women, Edwards white men, and Obama won big...
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This movement is really gathering some serious momentum! On top of an already impressive list of supporters, the real 600lb gorilla has joined in the effort - the American Association for the Advancement of Science just put out a press...
Posted on January 23, 2008 2:37 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I always try to watch debates by erasing all of my prior information, just like a "virgin" voter, seeing the candidates for the first time. And with such a mindset, I have to say I was proud to be a...
Posted on January 16, 2008 10:13 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It's rare that an article combines my two interests - in biological clocks and politics. This one does: Circadian rhythms differ for the king and the president: One is a night owl who likes to do business after midnight. The...
Posted on January 14, 2008 12:09 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...which I totally relate to. Can you guess which candidate they support? If you like one of their signs (e.g., 'Elizabeth For First Lady' one), they have set up a Cafepress store where you can buy them (as well as...
Posted on January 13, 2008 4:41 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you missed it yesterday, you can now listen to the audio recording of the show here (the first 18 minutes or so were on this topic)....
Posted on January 12, 2008 6:56 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
All the cool kids are doing it, so I did it, too, with no surprises: It is fun, though you know I disagree that ideology can be mapped on a 2D coordinate system. But you can sure play and see...
Posted on January 11, 2008 1:43 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Today at 2pm EST, tune in to NPR Science Friday with Ira Flatow for the discussion of the Science Debate 2008....
Posted on January 11, 2008 8:45 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So far, Obama has a 1st and a 2nd, Clinton a 1st and a 3rd, and Edwards a 2nd and a 3rd. In terms of delegates they are all three very close (25 Obama, 24 Clinton, 18 Edwards). All the...
Posted on January 9, 2008 10:46 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Following his (excellent) article in Seed on the topic, my SciBling Chris Mooney blogs about the future of the position of the Science Advisor to the President, suggesting some potential names, and Matt Nisbet, RPM, Blake Stacey, Brian Switek, Scott...
Posted on January 8, 2008 10:57 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Obligatory Reading of the Day, by Glenn Greenwald: "Do they ever think about anything without reference to some high school cliche?"...
Posted on January 8, 2008 4:17 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters...
Posted on January 8, 2008 4:01 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I watched the first couple of Dems debates, then skipped most of them - too busy with work and stuff - then tuned in last night for the ABC/Facebook double-feature. Brief thoughts: The GOP debate was surreal. A bunch of...
Posted on January 6, 2008 4:09 PM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
When I put up a bunch of good election-related links about Iowa caucuses and the impending New Hampshire primaries last night, I have no idea how I missed this fantastic post by Lambert that everyone is apparently talking about. Right...
Posted on January 5, 2008 3:42 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Just to add some more to yesterday's numbers and links on the Iowa caucuses, which just shows that if you get all your news from the MSM, especially the TV, you are not just woefully uninformed, but criminally misinformed. Take...
Posted on January 5, 2008 1:48 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Final results of the Iowa caucuses: Senator Barack Obama : 37.58% Senator John Edwards : 29.75% Senator Hillary Clinton : 29.47% Governor Bill Richardson : 2.11% Senator Joe Biden : 0.93% Uncommitted : 0.14% Senator Chris Dodd : 0.02% Precincts...
Posted on January 4, 2008 12:05 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In the wake of the signed omnibus bill that funds NIH and ensures open deposition of NIH-funded research, here are some thoughtful questions: Why the NIH bill does not require copyright violation: The great advantage of the requirement to deposit...
Posted on December 28, 2007 12:36 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yesterday, President Bush signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764) which, among else, mandates the repository of all NIH-funded research into PubMedCentral within at most 12 months after publication. Until now, the placement of NIH-funded research papers into...
Posted on December 27, 2007 3:56 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is hair-raisingly scary: Iceland complains to US about treatment of tourist in New York: REYKJAVIK, Iceland: Iceland's government has asked the U.S. ambassador to explain the treatment of an Icelandic tourist who says she was held in shackles before...
Posted on December 24, 2007 10:29 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Opposite of what Obama is trying to sell as a recipe, as Paul Rosenberg explains eloquently and logically, with data and graphs....
Posted on December 23, 2007 6:58 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Then read this and the comment thread below it. That's all you need to know....
Posted on December 23, 2007 1:19 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...any more reasons to vote these guys out of office for many years to come? (via)....
Posted on December 22, 2007 11:41 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To keep the conversation about the Science Debate 2008 going, I decided to post, one per day, my ideas for potential questions to be asked at such a debate. The questions are far too long, though, consisting more of my...
Posted on December 19, 2007 9:53 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The League of Conservation Voters has issued a comparison of all the Presidential candidates of both parties on the topic of conservation and global warming. Look at the Chart and watch the Video. Then decide....
Posted on December 19, 2007 12:10 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To keep the conversation about the Science Debate 2008 going, I decided to post, one per day, my ideas for potential questions to be asked at such a debate. The questions are far too long, though, consisting more of my...
Posted on December 18, 2007 9:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To keep the conversation about the Science Debate 2008 going, I decided to post, one per day, my ideas for potential questions to be asked at such a debate. The questions are far too long, though, consisting more of my...
Posted on December 17, 2007 9:53 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To keep the conversation about the Science Debate 2008 going, I decided to post, one per day, my ideas for potential questions to be asked at such a debate. The questions are far too long, though, consisting more of my...
Posted on December 16, 2007 2:07 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To keep the conversation about the Science Debate 2008 going, I decided to post, one per day, my ideas for potential questions to be asked at such a debate. The questions are far too long, though, consisting more of my...
Posted on December 15, 2007 12:07 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To keep the conversation about the Science Debate 2008 going, I decided to post, one per day, my ideas for potential questions to be asked at such a debate. The questions are far too long, though, consisting more of my...
Posted on December 14, 2007 1:53 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sheril Kirshenbaum and Chris Mooney have been promising something for a week, teasing us with tantalizing hints about something big. We were told to read Chris' article Dr.President, and then this morning another article, Science and the Candidates by Lawrence...
Posted on December 10, 2007 11:35 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
