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Reading up on health care

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:…

A tip for authors

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…

The Constipation Party

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…

What typeface says “Bali”?

“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….

Obama!

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 goes Obama

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…

Tailored messages

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 ……

Two weeks until election day

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…

Language is a virus

From a series by Tom Tomorrow. via language log

Labor Day

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…

A proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution

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…

Who has been editing Wikipedia?

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…

A New Test for Lying

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…

Bad Health Care, Deficient Welfare Keep Americans Short

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:…

Dick Cheney

According to the lawyer of the alleged “D.C. Madam,” Vice President Cheney “isn’t not” on her list of phone records.

presidential candidates tag clouds

Interesting. Republicans here, Democrats here. Via Vark. Sorry posting has been slow. I’m about to break out another site, announcement soon.

Colbert Rapport

“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…

Brownback Remembers!

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…

It seems so right somehow

Cheney video set to Radiohead’s “Creep.”

Orwell Saw the Writing on the Wall

No, wait, it’s a camera. Orwellian Evening Standard article on surveillance cameras around Orwell’s home via exploding aardvark

Are We Evolving?

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…

John McCain Supports Gay Marriage, “Particularly Between Passionate Females”

… 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…

Mayas Perform Critical Purification Ritual

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…

Absurd Headline of the Day

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…