Wow. Did you even know Cincinnati had a subway? If the answer is "no," that's quite understandable. The subway never had a single train run through it and never served a single passenger. Planning for the subway began in 1914, with 6 million dollars in...
Month: March 2010
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Dear Dr. Sapolsky,Please view this link. The data concern public funding of health care in terms of direct government expenditure. You will note that the United States ranks third in.
If you're the sort of person who, like me, gets torqued about public health issues, there's a important study out in JAMA today (.pdf here) about the population benefits of the seasonal flu vaccine; the upshot is that by vaccinating a little over 80 percent...
Attackerman: Rove says that getting rid of Rumsfeld — which, of course, the Bush administration ultimately did — would’ve “damaged the military’s faith in Bush as commander in chief.” Actually,.
Via Ailes, Mikey Kaus explains the rationale for his right-wing vanity campaign:“I believe in affirmative government and spending gobs of money,” he said. But, “I want to let people know.
Stanley Fish. Generally, it's good to wait until there's some evidence you're right before you do an "I told you so" column in defense of a stupid thesis, but...I guess I have to link to this again.
The military procurement field has been made safe for Boeing:European defense and aerospace consortium EADS and its U.S. partner, Northrop Grumman, have handed an apparent $35 billion dollar gift to.
The Economist has a damning article about son preference and female infanticide in East Asia, and the negative impacts on societies and regional stability as well as on girls. Heartening.
The Economist has a damning article about son preference and female infanticide in East Asia, and the negative impacts on societies and regional stability as well as on girls. Heartening to see an important global gender issue make the front page of such an influential...
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Shorter Mike Allen: "I'm stealing my employers' money. OK, my hypothetical employers who care about informing the public."