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Archive of entries posted on February 2010

Penny Wise Indeed

San Diego County Board of Supervisors bows to pressure from labor.

Judicial Misconduct

How two judges legislated from the bench.

When the Gold Bubble Burst

Fox News carries a lot of ads for gold brokers. A company called Goldline seems to be the big one, though other brokers have shilled gold on the network. The claim they all present is that gold is reaching new highs in price. Which is all well and good, but … What happens when the [...]

I Suspect Shenanigans

WordPress.com bans For the Sake of Science

Humping the Shark

I am reading Justina Robson’s Going Under (part of her Quantum Gravity series) when I run across a passage in which Ms. Robson reveals a small fact of Lila Black’s world (Lila Black being the hero of the epic). In this bit of background Justina announces that Earth has changed, and that the United States [...]

Blame Aberwyn

Buffy Summers was a necrophiliac

An Immoderate Proposal

Treating a crime as a crime (on medical malpractice).

Be the Why of No Matter?

Victoria Colliver a victim of our lack of basic economics education.

But When Paul Gets it Right

PZ Myers gets ticked at a creationist, and considers why science works.

PDS is a Nasty Thing

PZ Myers gets ticked off about Sarah Palin