Hopefully, I'm somewhere in the vicinity of National Airport. Here are some links for you. Science:
Wonder of wonders
Your PowerPoint and You
9 September 1945 : The "Bug" is Born
Biodiversity: More complicated than you think--A new, giant virus is confounding old certainties
Other:
Caucasian Nation
Foreclose on the Foreclosure Fraudsters, Part 2: Spurious Arguments Against Holding the Fraudsters Accountable
Lessons of 1995
The Devolution, And Subsequent Evolution Of Obama's Views On Marriage. (Apparently, Obama was for it before he was against it, and now he's kinda sorta for it, maybe)
How Republican politicians see their base
More like this
Looks like our favourite fabulist (or someone who writes and thinks exactly like him) is busy editing the Wikipedia page on
Alford: What Kind of Science Should Economics Be When It Grows Up? (actually mentions physics envy among other things)
Megan McArdle notes: