Archive for June 28th, 2010

Three Is The Magic Number

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Three Is The Magic Number

Paul Krugman opines that we might be well on our way to a third depression.

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Monday Open Thread

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The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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The Politics of Science

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The Politics of Science

Science writer Chris Mooney (Unscientific America and The Republican War on Science) has a recent column in The Washington Post about how scientists need to approach the general populous in getting their facts heard and understood. Mooney looks at climate change denialism, anti-vaccine hysteria and Yucca Mountain. (He doesn’t include opposition to evolution or denial […]

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I Call Shenanigans

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An essay supposedly written by an 11-year-old boy details the horrible discrimination he’s faced since pre-school.

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Senator Robert Byrd Dies

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Senator Robert Byrd Dies

West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, 92, passed away this morning.

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