Back here I suggested that Alan Greenspan was perhaps unworthy of all the praise heaped upon him. Via James Wolcott (please read) I find that Dave Lindorff, writing in Counterpunch, agrees with me. His pronouncements on the financial stability of the Social Security system are no more prescient or sound than his economic forecasting skills, …
If you’re a sci-fi fan, here’s a somewhat old (October 2004) but presumably still useful list of blogs which relate to the subject, either written by authors or discussing it. I’ll point out that two of them are on my blogroll already, and if this post is normal output, John Scalzi will shortly be there. …
You may recall that discovery of a small hominid in Indonesia a few months back. Carl Zimmer has a fascinating discussion of its brain, based on analysis done at Washington University. (I originally went to the University of Arizona thinking I’d major in anthropology, if you’re wondering why this interests me.) So here is a …
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Consumers Union has a hilarious video take on Direct-to-Consumer marketing from Big Pharma. It’s a little less than three minutes, and well worth the time. (Best on a high-speed connection.) Thanks to the Bioethics Blog.
If you’ve ever been to Tombstone, Dodge City, or any of a dozen other storied western towns, you may have wandered through Boot Hills there. If you’ve wondered just where Wyatt Earp was buried, this site’s for you. You may have known that Bat Masterson left the West to become a newspaper publisher, but did …