It's Thursday. And that means links. Or something. Science:
China Second to US in research, set to pass in 2020
Research Project Grant Support For "Younger Researchers"
On the latest NIH soft-money kerfuffle
Collins warns Universities to roll back soft money jobs...sortof
Shrimp's Dirty Secrets: Why America's Favorite Seafood Is a Health and Environmental Nightmare
Other:
Reframing Public Ignorance
Civil unions and straight marriage
LUCY, CHARLIE BROWN, AND THE BIPARTISAN FOOTBALL....
How Wall Street Destroyed Health Care
Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction
Not A Single Intelligent Human Being Believes There Isn't Bloat In The Defense Budget
51% Of Self-Identified Republicans In Swing Districts Favor A Public Option
RE: 51% Of Self-Identified Republicans In Swing Districts Favor A Public Option
Every poll that ends up with a result of large support for a public option has included the comparison to Medicare in the question. Since Medicare is single-payer, which the public option in any form would not be, that is a flawed comparison. I feel that it is just a way to sell the question, in other words, to push the poll.