So far I have held back from a full blog post on the terrible and crucially important war between Russia and Georgia, because I think that the links …
Read moreI've just started reading Jane Mayer's new book, " The Dark Side ," about how the United States turned to torture as a weapon in th…
Read morePaul Krugman, in an opinion piece in today's New York Times entitled "Know-Nothing Politics," raises what might really be the core is…
Read moreThe wife and I were working late at home this evening, so for a little background entertainment we were watching episodes of "The X-files."…
Read moreI hope everyone is paying close attention to the potentially explosive flap over allegations in Ron Suskind's new book, " The Way of the Wor…
Read moreToday on Science 's online news service, ScienceNOW, I report on a new paper in the open access journal Genome Biology suggesting that schizoph…
Read moreI rarely read David Brooks' column, mainly because I can't stand intellectual dishonesty even when it appears in the New York Times. But a fr…
Read moreToday's Washington Post reports on new poll numbers that are sure to be a major topic of discussion: A new national poll by the Post , the Henry…
Read moreIn an opinion piece in today's issue of the Washington Times, Asaf Romirowsky, manager of Israel and Mideast affairs for the Jewish Federation …
Read moreThe New York Times has a blunt editorial today about the terrible working conditions at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa, which include …
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