Space stinks
But it’s not an unpleasant smell.
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Brooks Barnes fully supports gay marriage…
…it’s the weddings he’s having trouble with. [Hat tip: Althouse.]
Continue reading →Oh, and about that Paleo diet…
One more thing about that Paleo diet we’ve been discussing with such vigor: it is my distinct impression that the digestive physiology of human beings has changed quite a bit since Paleo times, in ways both known and unknown. For … Continue reading →
Love those Neanderthals
Here’s some evidence that modern humans mated with Neanderthals, and that we carry remnants of the encounter in our genetic code. I’ve long had a fondness (of the platonic sort!) for Neanderthals. At least in my imagination; in real life … Continue reading →
Romney’s going abroad
I don’t know why Howard Portnoy, who wrote this piece at Hot Air, is so negative about Romney’s forthcoming trip to Europe. I think it sounds smart, with Romney both imitating Obama (visiting Europe and the Middle East as a … Continue reading →
Obama and the economy: you didn’t break it…
…but by now you own it. At least in part. Although Obama didn’t break the economy, it’s now three and a half years since he took office, and the American people appear to think he should have put more of … Continue reading →
Do the American people have common sense?
Sometimes I think this election will boil down to the answer to the above question. Do they or don’t they? If they do, the relentless spin of the left will not matter. And the efforts of the Obama forces to … Continue reading →
More about dieting
I’ve noticed whenever I post a dieting thread I get quite a few commenters saying that the Gary Taubes diet worked for them. I think that’s great if it does. But I’ve posted at length on my own bad experiences … Continue reading →
Speculation about the Aurora perp
So far, the information we’ve gotten about James Holmes doesn’t really fit the portrait of the usual perpetrator of mass murder. That doesn’t mean that, as more facts emerge, he won’t seem to have been unstable and isolated, and to … Continue reading →
30 years of the Sultans: may there be 30 more!
This is a clever idea, and it appeals to both my inordinate love for Mark Knopfler and my interest in watching performers then and now (see this, this, this, this, and this): All hail YouTube and virtual time travel!
Continue reading →Dueling political ads
From the Romney camp: And this one from Obama seems positively bizarre. It accuses Romney of making a false accusation, and then gives evidence that his accusation is true. To whom is it targeted, and who would it convince that … Continue reading →
Lots of Pacific garbage…
…has been hauled up from off the coast of Hawaii. But it wasn’t tsunami debris, nor was it plastic bags from grocery stores. It was the cast-off detritus of the fishing industry. But it’s been put to some use: The … Continue reading →