Archive for March, 2011

Above His Pay Grade

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Obama the Child pretends to be President: When asked why he did not know about the operation, he said: ‘It’s a pretty big government’ with ‘a lot of moving parts.’

Now Playing: Ben Hur

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

21st Century trailer: 20th Century trailer:

Ohio: Shell of Itself

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Nuclear Power Myths

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Big Bang Bust?

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

By a child genius with Asperger’s Syndrome? As a 3-year-old, he loved looking at a book about stars, over and over again. So off they went on a tour of the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium at Butler University. Kristine Barnett will never forget the day. “We were in the crowd, just sitting, listening to this [...]

Fire Them All

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Professor Reynolds: MEGAN MCARDLE: “A friend whose son has autism sent me this absolutely horrific tale of abuse and neglect by New York State workers who are supposed to care for the cognitively disabled. These are unionized workers who are, like most of New York’s civil service, very hard to fire. Naturally, the union fought [...]

Japan Nuclear Reactors

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Confusion reigns. Keith Yost at MIT: From the information we have, we can draw a conclusion anywhere between “the reactor is undamaged and being cooled” to “the reactor cladding and/or fuel has been partially damaged, but the damage is contained and the reactor is being cooled.” The question that should be asked now is whether [...]

Dear President Obama

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Get off your butt, and ensure we are sending the best that the United States of America can provide to help the nation and people of Japan. Stop worrying about re-election and the NCAA tournament: This morning, as Japan’s nuclear crisis enters a potentially catastrophic phase, we are told that Obama is videotaping his NCAA [...]

Apple and the Great Tohoku Quake

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Digg founder Kevin Rose.

Democracies and Disaster Preparedness

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Classic: Every trillion squandered on global warming, is a trillion not spent on earthquake preparedness. And Ilya Somin: The massive destruction and tragic loss of life in the recent earthquake in Japan will surely rekindle debates over how well democratic governments handle natural disaster. The good news is that democracies handle natural disasters much better [...]