I've hit the green gooey phase in my cold (that's actually a good thing). Yippee!! Let's celebrate with some links. Science:
'Rockstars of Science' hurt the cause of science education
How the Republican Party broke up with Science
New Obama Scientific Integrity Memo Is Late And Vague
Yet another reason why the Wolfe-Simon conclusion is so improbable
Other:
What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It?
The GOP Is Eating Obama's Lunch
The Torture Culture
Thug Nation
Civility
Late Night: The Midnight Hate on Paul Revere
More like this
In light of my post earlier today about the discrepanices between 'real time' and 'clock time' (or 'social time'), it is heartening that the Parliament in the U.K.
It's Memorial Day weekend here in the States. For those of us lucky enough not to be on call, working retail, or otherwise being forced to go to work, it means three days away from work.
I somehow managed to lose track of time for a bit, and forgot that it was Nobel season until I saw this morning's announcement that the 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine hase just been announced, going to Mario R.
Mike, how is it you manage to choose articles that do such a good job of making me hate the species I'm a part of?
The next phase is brown, then red, then you die (or not, about 50-50). Well, not really, but I had that cold and it is a gooey one for sure.