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By mikethemadbiologist on June 18, 2009.

Merry Thursday! Here are some good links for you:

How do scientists become cranks and doctors quacks?

Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years (and what sleepyhead looks like)

What's 100,000 or so deaths "to retain political and professional credibility"?

Media: Why supporting the Iraq War was the smart career move

The Minutemen Are Lunatics

Joe Lieberman has had tax-payer financed health care for most of his adult life. But, he doesn't want us to have options.

Atul Gawande: University of Chicago Medical School Commencement Address

The Founders' Great Mistake

Dr. George Tiller, 1941-2009

Post-Consumer Prosperity: Finding new opportunities amid the economic wreckage.

Tragedy at the Holocaust Museum: Stand Up To Terror

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