Monthly Archives: July 2007

A Government of Sociopaths

Posted on July 12, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

I have no idea if Bush administration officials individually suffer from manifest antisocial personality disorder, but when you get enough of them together, they certainly do on an institutional level. Here’s a relatively unremarked upon tidbit from the recent Surgeon General scandal.
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Healthcare: A Response to Galt

Posted on July 12, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Or actually visitors who cite Galt. There are two problems with her argument: the numbers do add up, and she’s shifting the goalposts.
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Posted in Conservatives, Healthcare, Public Health | 8 Comments

When Media Consumers Revolt

Posted on July 11, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Something very interesting in the news about the news–the Chicago Sun has publicly announced its decision to make its op-ed page more liberal.
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Posted in Bidness, News Media | 3 Comments

ScienceBlogling David Ng Asks…

Posted on July 11, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

…and the Mad Biologist answers.
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Please, Republicans, Nominate Giuliani

Posted on July 10, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Over at the Group News Blog, there’s a brilliant roundup of all the awful crap Giuliani has done.
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Posted in A Message to You, Rudy | 6 Comments

Happy Blogiversary skippy!

Posted on July 10, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

skippy, the kangaroo-eist blogger in all of blogtopia (and, yes, skippy invented that phrase) is celebrating his fifth blogiversary.
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Trusting Women and Freedom

Posted on July 10, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Over at Pandagon, Amanda raises an interesting issue about the subtext of the phrase “trusting women” when used to argue for reproductive freedom.
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