Friday, January 18, 2013

Death Is Taxing

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Dr Mrs Wombat directs me to Eben Alexander, MD, a neurosurgeon, who had a near-death experience while suffering from E. coli meningitis, and...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Don't Ask A Question, You Might Get An Answer

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Today Pres. Obama overturned a fifteen year ban forbidding the Centers for Disease Control from researching gun violence. I was not aware ...
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Friday, January 11, 2013

Boldly Going

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Formaldehyde and other organic molecules were found in interstellar dust clouds decades ago. They're used down here routinely to synth...
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Friday, January 4, 2013

Economics: Is That All There Is?

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Mark Thoma's blog today cites an article by Justin Fox, suggesting that economics has imposed itself and its methods on other social sci...
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Monday, December 31, 2012

The Perps Get Away With It Again

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JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial and Bank of America have, per the Times, agreed to a $10 billion settlement with res...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Ross Douthat Suggests Balance

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His column today, titled 'How to Read', actually describes what to read, including sources from the side of the debate other than on...
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

O Science! I cannot hold thee close enough...

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I found the below in a review of Oliver Sacks' 'Hallucinations' in the Times this morning: The idea of a “romantic science” c...
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