Last night, Susan Jacoby was on The Colbert Report to discuss her book, The Age of American Unreason. She touches on themes similar to those raised in my recent post, War on Intelligence. Full Post
you can do what you want to whenever you want to you can do what you want to there's no one to stop you all spit and spite you're up all night and down every day a tired man with only hours to go just waiting to be taken away … do what you want to whenever you want to do what you want to whenever you want to though it doesn't mean a thing... Full Post
I think it is time for the government to declare a War on Intelligence. Typically, when our government declares war on a non-nation state, it prospers. Just think how well poverty, drugs, and terror have done since war was declared on them. Why does intelligence need help? Two reasons: the assault on being elite and the assault on evolution. Elite In the past week there has been an uproar about Sen. Obama being an elitist.... Full Post
Recently, my colleague posted a write-up of the recent Helicos publication in Science on their sequencing of the M13 virus genome. I've mentioned Helicos before, but have not really talked about their technology. While their publication is step forward for single-molecule sequencing, their HeliScope faces significant challenges. While PCR may have its drawbacks, its main advantage is that it gives you some room for error. No chemical reaction goes to completion, there is always an... Full Post
In my recent post on Martin Luther King, Jr., I wrote about how our memory of the man was being oversimplified. Taylor Branch gave a speech and wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times discussing the same topic, albeit much more completely and eloquently. Also, for those who saw my original posting and not the updates, be sure to check out Bill Moyers' pieces on the Kerner Commission Report and Newark Mayor Cory... Full Post