Month: April 2011

Stormy Weather: Science Saw It Coming

Every day recently we seem to have warnings and news about massive outbreaks of intense tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. Down under (i.e., Australia) in December and January they had record rains, record cyclones and flooding...

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National Security Reshuffle

Here’s some breaking news: CIA director Leon Panetta will be named to succeed Robert Gates as secretary of defense and Gen. David Petraeus will be nominated to replace him as CIA director, The Associated Press reports,...

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We Are So Dumb

How many of you think I was born in the United States? I am going to guess that at least seven percent of you are going to be wrong. I think we should consider banning polling. How many times do we need it to be confirmed that...

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Too Bad the South Lost the War

Jamelle Bouie points us to the results of some of Public Policy Polling’s analysis of the South. Here’s how Southerners feel about the fact the Confederacy lost the Civil War: In Georgia 47% of Republicans are...

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