Archive for 2010
The Oprah Presidency?
Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker must hate that she doesn’t have a penis. What else could I infer from her vapid column in today’s Washington Post, “Obama: Our first female president”. The premise of the piece is interesting, take Toni Morrison’s famous analogy that Bill Clinton was our first black president, and turn it on its […]
C’mon Delaware Episode #9 – June 29 2010
The Backstory Episode. Click here to listen. Donviti predicts we’ll have a value proposition by week 12. July 4th coming up, but the fireworks topic goes nowhere. Neither of us do the backyard illegal fireworks thing. I relate my story about trying to get in touch with Tom Kovachs and that story goes nowhere. I […]
Boehner Can’t Relate to SPF 35 and Above Americans
As The Orange One (aka Jim Boehner) comes out swinging against the financial reform package, the White House hit back. Robert Gibbs said that Boehner is out of touch with regular Americans. At his daily briefing, Mr. Gibbs said Mr. Boehner was “opening one’s mouth and removing most of the doubt that you’re completely out […]
Who is Contacting Me? for June 29th 2010
Only the freaking VIce President of the United States, that’s who… Golly. I must be important.
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The last two days of session are not like the other days of session. How are they different? Let me count the ways: 1. While the House and Senate may still post an agenda (or agendas), dozens of other bills can and will be considered. This makes the last two days the most dangerous days […]
Vulcans Rule, Klingons Drool
The Obama Administration has set a new course for US Space policy that embraces arms control. Actually the arms control policy is an old course favored by Reagan, Bush I and Clinton, but not Bush II (is anyone surprised?). President Obama’s team will look to international cooperation instead of the “Go it alone” attitude favored by Bush and Cheney.
Three Is The Magic Number
Paul Krugman opines that we might be well on our way to a third depression.
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 […]
I Call Shenanigans
An essay supposedly written by an 11-year-old boy details the horrible discrimination he’s faced since pre-school.
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