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The Corpus Callosum is an occasional journal of armchair musings, by a suburban, reality-based, slightly-left-of-center guy, who reserves the right to be highly irregular at times. Topics: social commentary, neuroscience, politics, science news. Mission: to develop connections between hard science and social science, using linear thinking and intuition; and to explore the relative merits of spontaneity vs. strategy.
Corpus Callosum is written by a psychiatrist at a small community hospital somewhere in the USA. Email to cc.scienceblogger at gmail dot com.
November 29, 2006
Category: Computing
I have not posted as much recently, compared to my usual. That's because I've been messing with my computers, setting them up to use Sabayon instead of Suse. Those of you who can about such things can guess why that...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 10:59 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
I just love the title; it's from a recent editorial (link to abstract; subscription required for full access) in the British Medical Journal. The author, Jonathan Waxman, argues that the medical profession should protect patients from exploitation from the alternative...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:20 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 25, 2006
Category: Medicine
I was a bit perplexed by a recent study on a new treatment for alcohol withdrawal. Ordinarily, I am in favor of new treatment options, based on the supposition that nothing works for everyone, and having more options is good....
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 10:24 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 23, 2006
Category: Personal
Happy Thanksgiving! About the image: it's big, I know, kind of slow for those with dial-up, and it's going to mess up the formatting of the page for those with lower-resolution monitors. I did shrink it some, but shrinking...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 10:32 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
The NEJM has another open-access article about drug safety. As usual, when they publish something on an open-access basis, it is something of interest to the general public, pertaining to health care policy. This one describes specific instances of drug...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:55 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 22, 2006
Category: Social Commentary
"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, it to be dreaded...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:20 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 21, 2006
Category: Armchair Musings
The big news on the USA culture front: Rupert Murdoch has personally intervened, and canned the OJ Simpson deal. He actually apologized. So, maybe we have found the outer limit of decency. In other news, a court rejected the argument...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 10:08 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
HT to Murph at Common Monkeyflower for reminding me about this. Youtube has a video montage, set to the tune of "Let's Impeach The President" by Neil Young. There's another video that just has a static picture, and the music,...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:32 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 19, 2006
Category: Computing
I've been holding back on this one, but it is time to speak out. On November 2, 2006, Microsoft and Novell announced a deal. The deal involves Microsoft paying Novell, and the two companies working together to ensure a certain...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:44 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Issues
Catching up on news from earlier in the week, I came across a couple of items. One is a breathtaking development in Mexico, a country that is 88% Catholic; the other from South Africa: Mexican capital legalizes gay unions City...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:51 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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