The view from the back of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Cloudy skies, a lazy day, and 322 Saturday Evening Post covers …
Read moreAs you know, one of today's big news stories was the 6-3 Supreme Court decision upholding Indiana's law requiring a government-issued photo I…
Read moreSome of you will have seen, in yesterday's New York Times , another in a series of critical pieces about John McCain. This one focuses on possib…
Read moreIf I were a cynical person I would say that the networks have conspired not to call the election for Hillary so they don't lose most of their vie…
Read moreWhile I am linking to pieces by friends, journalist-commentator Marc Cooper nails the meaning of the Pennsylvania primary in a sharp, acid post toda…
Read moreIn today's New York Times Science Times, my friend and colleague Carl Zimmer--one of the world's top science writers--writes about the geneti…
Read moreAs an "assimilated", secular Jew who grew up in Los Angeles, I skipped Passover this year--just as I do nearly every year. In fact, I had t…
Read moreThat's the title of a long, blockbuster story in the New York Times today (registration on the Times site required) that is absolutely essenti…
Read moreEarlier this month, Science published a paper (widely covered in the media) describing the extraction of ancient human DNA from fossilized feces (co…
Read moreThis is not primarily a political blog, but not because I do not have political opinions--I probably have altogether too many of them. However, I don…
Read moreMy blogging has been in fits and starts, but since I use Google for everything else (email, calendar, etc.) perhaps I can have a fresh start here on …
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