Obama understands the importance of science as an important part of grappling with the huge problems Americans are facing. Hence, this important vote of confidence by numerous nobel laureates. During the administration of George W. Bush, vital parts of our country's scientific enterprise have been damaged by stagnant or declining…
This month's proposed bail-out of Wall Street financial institutions has gotten me thinking about socialism -- in particular, the knee-jerk reaction that some conservative Americans express whenever the word is mentioned. They say, "Oh, we can't have nationalized healthcare because that would be socialism," as if the word alone makes…
Was McCain really interrupting his campaign to hurry down and save the economy? Far from it, according to John Kerry: [youtube]http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=aH5R1s5_w5E[/youtube] And don't forget that after McCain promised his supporters that he was going to return to DC to help with the bailout Saturday, he actually spent his time hanging…
David Foster Wallace gave the following thought-provoking commencement speech to the 2005 graduating class at Kenyon College. He said many important things to the graduates, all of which you can read here. I tend to admire those thinkers who can put their finger on elephants in the room--those obvious things…
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