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Archives for January, 2008
R.I.P. the John Edwards Campaign
Posted by Nick Anthis on January 30, 2008 Today John Edwards officially dropped out of the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. However inevitable this was, it was still sad to see it finally happen. Edwards fought a clean, issues-driven campaign, but it wasn’t enough to compete against the wild but justified excitement of the prospect of a formative Barack Obama or…
New Photos on the About Page
Posted by Nick Anthis on January 28, 2008 Dare I be so presumptuous to suggest that you’ve checked out the About page on my blog in the last couple of days, you may have noticed a few new photos. The first one was taken last summer in front of the Wellcome Trust building in London:
Living Abroad? Vote in the 2008 Global Presidential Primary
Posted by Nick Anthis on January 28, 2008 The Democratic Party is doing the very cool thing this year of giving Americans living abroad their own delegation to the 2008 Democratic Convention. This means that anyone currently living outside of the US can vote in the Democratic Presidential Primary for their own 11 delegates. Voting will take place online from February 5-12 and…
South Carolina a Huge Victory for Obama, Democrats
Posted by Nick Anthis on January 27, 2008 Last night, Barack Obama won the South Carolina Democratic Primary with 55% of the vote, doubling second place finisher Hillary Clinton’s 27% share of the vote. John Edwards came in third with a disappointing 18% of the vote. Nobody should have expected Obama not to win South Carolina, but a victory of almost 30 points…
The New Research Blogging.org: BPR3 2.0
Posted by Nick Anthis on January 24, 2008 Back in October of 2007, Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting (BPR3) was launched in order to (one day) aggregate blog posts about the scientific literature on one site and to provide a universal icon to identify posts on peer-reviewed literature. Now BPR3 version 2.0 is out, manifested as Research Blogging.org. Go check out the new…
Find Out Where They Stand on the Issues that Really Matter
Posted by Nick Anthis on January 16, 2008 As the 2008 elections swing into full gear, Scientists and Engineers for America (SEA) today launched a new resource–the Science, Health And Related Policies (SHARP) Network–which allows you to track how various elected officials and candidates stack up on a variety of science and health policy issues. SEA was formed a couple of months before…
An Immigration Reality Check for Iowans
Posted by Nick Anthis on January 3, 2008 Although it feels like the 2008 Presidential Election has been going on for ages, it only officially kicks off tonight with the Iowa Caucuses. According to a recent poll, the main issues on the minds of Democratic caucus-goers will be Iraq (28%), health care (22%), and the economy (20%). Despite the pressing nature of all…