Month: March 2011

Who Cares Who Sent the Anthrax?

There is a new panel report (pdf) that looks at the psychological makeup of the anthrax suspect. A panel of psychiatrists who studied the medical records of Bruce E. Ivins found that the F.B.I.’s case that he mailed the anthrax...

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Wanker of the Day: Maureen Dowd

There is something positively mythological about Maureen Dowd’s latest column. If Hillary Clinton were National Security Adviser or Secretary of Defense, she would have opposed intervening in Libya. That’s because...

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Stupak’s Whining

A year after the passage of the heath care reform bill, former Rep. Bart Stupak says that strangers still curse him out on the streets and he remains worried about his physical safety. I don’t condone assaults on former...

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Religious Extinction

We know that languages die out. We also know that religions die out. How many people believe in Zeus or Poseidon or Apollo? But could we see religions as a whole die out in modern societies? A new study predicts that that is...

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Huckabee and Teh Evil Gay Soldiers

Republicans are very predictable. They have easy answers to every question. However the economy is doing, cut taxes for rich people, and everything will turn out hunky dory. Cut deficits but only by cutting spending on a small...

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