July 1, 2011
Science Friday: Humpback Hunters
Science Friday: A whale of a hunt. Here or below.
June 24, 2011
Science Friday: Deep Drilling
Science Friday: What’s up, down there. Here or below.
June 23, 2011
Dr. David Ansell on Health Care Woes
To those who think the Affordable Care Act of 2010 will at least do a little to solve the America’s health care woes, think again. In an interview with Terry Gross on “Fresh Air,” Chicago Dr. David Ansell explains why the law could make our already troubled system even worse.
Coming Out, Undocumented
Prominent journalist Jose Antonio Vargas has come out, as an illegal immigrant. His poignant tale, published in The New York Times online, underscores the absurdities and cruelties inherent in our dysfunctional immigration system. It’s a brave piece, and hopefully a change-inducing one.
And here is the back story about how it came to be published in The New York Times after, bizarrely, The Washington Post passed on it.
June 20, 2011
Jon Stewart on Fox News Sunday
Wherein Jon Stewart tries to explain to Chris Wallace that “The Daily Show”/Comedy Central and “Fox News Sunday”/Fox News Channel are not the same. And, wherein, Chris Wallace does not get it and perhaps never will.