Hugo Chavez says “just give me ten more years, and everything will be great.” Today’s referendum on abolishing presidential term limits will allow him to seek those ten years and more, in the grand old tradition of predecessor and mentor … Continue reading →
Wendy Hill, a psychology professor at Lafayette College, is interested in kissing—the science of it, that is. Her research found that kissing (of the romantic variety) has a measurable effect on certain hormones: [Hill’s team] found that kissing reduced the … Continue reading →
Men lose weight more easily than women when they diet.
Continue reading →For years, Alan Greenspan was thought to be a genius, responsible for keeping inflation at bay and encouraging our booming economy. He fine-tuned interest rates to make sure all this was going smoothly, and to the best of my recollection … Continue reading →
I certainly haven’t read the stimulus bill. Few have, since it wasn’t posted as promised, and its length is extraordinary. But here’s a summary of its provisions that makes chilling reading. It illustrates why people (including me) were so incensed … Continue reading →
Wonderful news from Iraq. But who cares, right? Leave it to the historians; maybe they will. I care, of course. But then, who am I? Just an evil neocon. [ADDENDUM: There’s bad news, as well. But this sort of thing … Continue reading →
After the euphoria of the Hudson River landing, in which all on board were safe when it made an emergency splashdown, the news of last night’s crash fatal for all aboard comes as a special shock. And this is especially … Continue reading →
On the bipartisan nature of the stimulus (or lack thereof), we have first the New York Times‘ Richard W. Stevenson: In cobbling together a plan that could get through both the House and the Senate, Mr. Obama prevailed, but not … Continue reading →
In the buildup to last November’s election I wasn’t an Obama fan, as anyone who reads this blog knows. But I was actually less concerned about Obama in the White House than about Obama in the White House plus the … Continue reading →
I’ve found a new blog that’s well worth taking a look at: Dissenting Justice. It’s written by Darren Lenard Hutchinson, an Ivy-educated law professor at American University. Hutchinson describes himself thusly: I am definitely a progressive, but I take pride … Continue reading →
Or “tightened and scrubbed?” Wonderful news from Pelosi: we’re now “pared” down to a lean mean $789 billion. One of the many things that bother me about this stimulus bill and the earlier bailout bill is the sense of enormous … Continue reading →
Here’s an apologia for Obama’s first three weeks, from Ruth Marcus. Her final question: So if you’re feeling jittery about Obama’s start, ask yourself this: Is there another president in recent memory who would have done better? It’s an interesting … Continue reading →