Jeff Carlson | Never Enough Coffee Creations

From what appears to be an April Fools editorial by the editors of Scientific American, Okay, We Give Up: There’s no easy way to admit this. For years, helpful letter writers told us to stick to science. They pointed out that science and politics don’t mix. They said we should be more balanced in our ...

Dahlia Lithwick at Slate absolutely nails the issue of the deplorable Schiavo situation: Activist Legislators – The boundless overreaching behind Congress’ new Schiavo bill.. I said yesterday that this is just grandstanding to energize the base (which, according to a recent poll, do not approve of what Congress is doing), but the ramifications are astounding. ...

I’m aghast. Via Roachblog: Suddenly, the count of prisoners dead in captivity is up to 108. Boy, that happened fast, didn’t it? When I did my seven year hitch in the Navy, the gold standard for horrible, communist, totalitarian, non-Geneva convention deadly bastards who you never wanted to get captured by was the North Vietnamese. ...

It really sickens me that the GOP – especially Tom DeLay, who knows this is a good sideshow to divert attention from the investigations into his many ethical lapses – are thrusting themselves into the affairs of the Schiavo family. Frankly, this isn’t something that should be elevated (brought down to?) to the political realm: ...

Is there any doubt that Bush and his administration are driven by ideology, even at the expense of reality and the good of the country? Nominating Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank solidifies it. Read Michael Lind’s piece at Salon.com: Mr. Magoo goes to the World Bank. Critics are wrong to portray Wolfowitz ...