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At the Christian Science Monitor Marjorie Kehe offers a few suggestions for reading up on health care. Her list of five and a half books includes the following:…
News that Sarah Palin’s political action committee has bought more than $63,000 worth of Going Rogue shows that the ex-governor knows how to manage her books. Going Rogue…
I am reading and enjoying Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. It is my misfortune, I realize, to be so sensitized to colonialist attitudes as to…
“BALI” is a word that poses some problems typographically. The wide BA combination makes a lot of white space, while the LI tends to be narrow and sticklike….
Congratulations to Barack Obama and his campaign on their landslide victory, but even more so to the USA, which has taken a great step forward out of the…
Dixville Notch, first polling place in the nation since 1960, announces its results: McCain 6, Obama 15. Obama’s 9 votes up, so now he just has to run…
With one week to go, Barack Obama is unveiling his closing argument. The McCain campaign, meanwhile, is still working on their clothing argument. . UPDATE, 11/05, via Newsweek ……
Impossible not to talk politics now. So let’s look at the electoral map. It’s hard to see how McCain can pull this one out. Even Ohio + Florida…
From a series by Tom Tomorrow. via language log
My sites are closed today for Labor Day (and besides, all except Frisco Vista are moving to a new server. Nothing should change for visitors, but it means…
I’ve been thinking about how our system of appointing Supreme Court justices is flawed. Life expectancy is increasing and presidents are appointing younger justices now, who might serve…
The new ability created by Wikipedia Scanner to track Wikipedia edits by IP address has brought some folks hours of entertainment. Where have the collaborative encyclopedia’s edits been…
TimesOnline reports that liars have trouble telling their stories in reverse order. It’s a good way to trip up falsehoods. Let’s try it out … “We’re fighting Al…
That’s the headline I’m reading here. Seems Europeans have been gaining on us, to the point where Americans are now shorter than the average Dutchman. From the article:…
According to the lawyer of the alleged “D.C. Madam,” Vice President Cheney “isn’t not” on her list of phone records.
Interesting. Republicans here, Democrats here. Via Vark. Sorry posting has been slow. I’m about to break out another site, announcement soon.
“People who regularly watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report could correctly answer more political trivia questions than those who watch CNN or Fox News or especially…
Apparently the following is a real post from Senator Brownback’s real website. This man wants to be your president! Why is memory not taught at every level of…
Cheney video set to Radiohead’s “Creep.”
No, wait, it’s a camera. Orwellian Evening Standard article on surveillance cameras around Orwell’s home via exploding aardvark
Not much sign of it in this Newsweek poll. Among its findings: Nearly half of all Americans believe that evolution is not well supported by evidence and is…
… according to his website. Explanation: he was stealing images (ripping off bandwidth) for his myspace site and the image host retaliated with a little prank. I know…
I returned recently from el mundo maya, where I visited several sacred sites. As far as I am aware, no purification ritual was required after my visits. The…
Bush Heads for Latin America to Counter Appeal of Chávez The headline appeared in the Guardian (where they actually put the diacritic in Chávez’s name). I mean, Bush…