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March 31, 2010

Federal Judge Rules Against Patenting the Sun

Category: Biotech

The real problem here is that many hospitals and most doctors are not doing simple molecular biology techniques, commonly done in high school laboratories, as part of standard practice.

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March 30, 2010

Transportation: The Hidden Cost of Housing

Category: Taxes

Is this where some of the anti-tax anger is coming from--there is essentially an outer suburb and exurb 'tax' in the form of high transportation costs.

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March 29, 2010

Billionaire Pete Peterson's Quest to 'Reform' Social Security: Follow the (His) Money

Category: Conservatives

I'm certain that Peterson is a high-minded patriot concerned only about the fiscal health of our country, but he has a massive conflict of interest.

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March 28, 2010

Evolution as Policy, Not Symbolism or Critical Thinking

Category: Creationism

Evolution matters because evolutionary biology matters.

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March 27, 2010

Saturday Links

Category: Lotsa Links

Happy Saturday. While I'm away, here are some links for you.

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March 26, 2010

State Taxes and How Science Just Got a Lot More Inconvenient

Category: Taxes

Any scientists (or anyone else) reading who file income taxes in states in which they do only a few days work?

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March 25, 2010

I Would Be Interested in Kindle, If It Could Help Me Read Faster

Category: Reading

And it could, if done right.

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March 24, 2010

A Good Thing That Came from Healthcare Reform: A Student Loan Public Option

Category: Democrats

Think of this as a public option--you can apply directly to the government for a college loan.

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March 23, 2010

Tuesday Links

Category: Lotsa Links

I heard some kind of healthcare bill was passed or something. While I puzzle this out, here are some links for you

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Romneycare for All!

Category: Conservatives

This should indicate just how nutty bonkers the Republican right and conservative movement have become: they think passing a plan similar to Romneycare, to a Heritage Foundation plan, to the plan proposed by Bob Dole in 1994, is the cold, dead hand of socialism.

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