Quark Soup by David Appell

I have finally figured out what I find so revolting and ridiculous about the Tea Baggers. They aren't kids. 69% of them are between t...

Nothing yet discovered -- NOTHING -- can beat the methodology of science.We've seen this in the enormous, unprecedented quality of life ...

Has CERN done a major PR job with the LHC or what? I mean, they produced a rap video about the accelerator, which struck the media right in...

"Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh." -- Al Swearingen, Deadwood

The Seattle Times article about Area 51 that I just linked to contains some very interesting information: Noce says he was among those wh...

The nondisclosure period of many of the contractors who once worked at Area 51 in Nevada recently expired, so they are now free to talk ab...

Here's a classic quote from a Tea Party member who doesn't even seem to understand what he himself is saying: Jeff McQueen, 50, be...

Letter to the editor , Seattle Times, March 27: Putting the shoe on the other foot It’s the day after the invasion of Iraq. A mob of Afr...

"Earth Hour" takes place today, that 0.01% of the year when the world pretends it wants to do something to prevent climate change...

Some interesting stuff I've come across: Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, which I lived next to for 5 years, just had its earliest...

John Boehner's tan is proof that global warming is real. -- caller to the Mika and Joe show , Nov 2009

Does eating meat contribute to climate change -- at least, more than existing as a human being and eating vegetarian? Some studies have sa...

In the immediate wake of Obama and the Democrat's impressive passage of health care reform, some people are asking if he/they can now d...

At least someone left here still has a sense of humor:

As someone wrote somewhere, the best way to get rid of the Tea Bag Party is just to let them talk: Here is an utterly cruel and despicab...

To my knowledge, Mr. McIntyre – who purports to have considerable statistical expertise – has failed to “audit” the Douglass et al. paper , ...

Projections are that the health care bill will cover 32M of those who currently lack insurance. But there are about 48M uninsured Americans....

I have been on medical leave (such as it is for a freelancer) since late January while having surgery for spinal stenosis (compression of t...

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