Austerity is a Bitch

What president believed in his heart and soul that austerity was the answer to pull America out of its economic mess? Herbert Hoover. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying…

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".…

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.

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…

Death by iPhone?

Admittedly, I find Maureen Dowd as useless as Christine O'Donnell. Her column today, "Are Cells the New Cigarettes", begs the question, Is Dowd the new David Broder? I'll skip all…