Who’s Fanti’s Coach, I Wonder?
Remember the Brunswick County (North Carolina) School Board and their stated intention to see about inserting creationism into the science
Read moreMonth: September 2008
Palin and the Case of the Dropping Polls
Sarah Palin’s approval rating dropped recently. How much? Well, that may be a matter of some discussion. The Political Wire
Read moreFrontiers of Science Workshop
Last Saturday, there was a “Frontiers of Science” workshop led by Rob Pennock. This was part of a series of
Read moreThe State of North Carolina Education Folks Know History
Not long following the Brunswick County School Board announcing plans to get intimate with creationism, there is a report that
Read moreDolphin Biopsy Study Hits the Press
I suspect an editor at the Miami Herald didn’t get the picture from Cammy Clark’s report on Jennifer Lewis’s research
Read moreCollecting More OAS Information
Given the comment on my earlier thread pointing out a surgical alternative to use of CPAP machinery, I’ve been doing
Read moreInside the Trailer, Doing a 360
A panorama, that is. Given the pitiful wages that postdocs and adjunct faculty earn, the debt accrued through grad school
Read moreAnother School Board Poised to Make a Mistake
A report in the Wilmington (NC) Star-News recounts interaction at the meeting of the Brunswick County School Board. It’s the
Read moreA Critique of the McCain Health Insurance Plan
A press release points out a review of the likely effects of the plan proposed by John McCain to change
Read moreMy Next Medical Challenge
I shared a room with a colleague at the GECCO 2008 conference, and my snoring disturbed him. I brought this
Read moreEvolutionary Computation and Astronomy
Back in 1998, I was suggesting the use of evolutionary computation to investigate alternative hypotheses concerning data about foraging in
Read moreComputational Chemistry and … Evolution?
Research at Florida State University in computational chemistry has uncovered evidence that an enzyme that initiates processes involving DNA and
Read moreAn Example of a Difficult Patient
Michelle Mayer had to become a difficult patient to secure adequate health care for a misdiagnosed illness that actually turned
Read moreA Study on Whistles — And Only Whistles
There’s a study in the Journal of Comparative Psychology that comes somewhat up my alley. Quick, Nicola J. and Vincent
Read moreThe Tammy Bruce Factor
Tammy Bruce has an op-ed piece plumping for Sarah Palin, “A feminist’s argument for McCain’s VP”. Bruce apparently likes a
Read more“Victory in Iraq” — What Does that Mean?
Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention made a couple of mentions of a concept of victory in Iraq
Read moreGood News on Equipment Malfunction
Early in the summer, I noted a problem with my Canon S2 IS camera. It would intermittently show a black
Read moreA Thirty-Year Interval
Back in high school (Santa Fe Catholic Regional High School, Lakeland, FL), I went to many of the football games
Read moreHawk-Killing Golfer Receives Sentence
Pro golfer Tripp Isenhour pled nolo contendere on the charges filed against him in the killing of a red-shouldered hawk.
Read morePledge to Learn Something About American History
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin answered some questions from the Eagle Forum back in 2006. One of them shows
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