Sometimes it pays…
…to be “homeless.” Jeffrey Hillman gives beggars a bad name.
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To be slim, you need to change your—gut microbiota?
This may seem like science fiction stuff, but it may be true nonetheless: Not only are the “gut microbiota” different in lean people and obese people, but the mix of microbes changes after an obese patient undergoes gastric bypass and … Continue reading →
The SSM slippery slope?
What slippery slope? See this: Above, you’ll find a short video composed of the floor speeches some top Democrats made about SSM. At the time, Republicans wanted to block gay marriage in Massachusetts by amending the constitution with an official … Continue reading →
DOMA unconstitutional?
Signs may be pointing to the idea that SCOTUS will strike down Congress’s 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutionally exceeding federal power. That’s because Justice Kennedy (who may be the only one who counts) appears to be leaning … Continue reading →
RIP Rabbi Herschel Schacter
[NOTE: The following article actually appeared in the NY Times. But since the Times is behind a firewall, I’m linking instead to this copy of the piece. Note also that it is about Rabbi Herschel Schacter, whose last name has … Continue reading →
More on same-sex marriage and the law
Because of the current SCOTUS hearings on two cases involving the legality of same-sex marriage, you can read thousands of new articles about it, discussing the social science aspects (see this, for example, about that dubious data), the cultural ramifications, … Continue reading →
Why government won’t leave us alone
For all you libertarians out there (and I pretty much include myself in that group, although I’m not of the most extreme Ron Paulish type)—this is why you’ve got a very difficult task in bucking the government-intervention tide: Let’s take … Continue reading →
Three faces, two movies, and a TV show
When I was very young I was fascinated by the book The Three Faces of Eve, one of the first accounts of multiple personality. Let’s put aside for a moment whether some skepticism about the disorder is sometimes warranted (it … Continue reading →
Coolidge: man of the hour
First Shlaes. Now Charles C. Johnson (no, not that one; this one).
Continue reading →Will SCOTUS punt on gay marriage?
Tom Goldstein at SCOTUSblog thinks so: The bottom line, in my opinion, is that the Court probably will not have the five votes necessary to get to any result at all, and almost certainly will not have five votes to … Continue reading →
Cyprus and the EU: nobody seems to know…
…what to do about Cyprus. And yet today something—that is, the seizing of a certain percentage of the assets of depositors who have put more than 100 thousand Euros in Cypriot banks—has been decided on: European leaders reached an agreement … Continue reading →
Moonwalker
There’s a big discussion in this yahoo article about who invented the moonwalk, and the answer isn’t Michael Jackson. I can’t say I much care, although I always thought Jackson’s dance moves were his greatest talent. But the article included … Continue reading →