Monthly Archives: April 2008

Is NIAID Focusing on the Wrong Resistant Organisms?

Posted on April 30, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Needed: more focus–money–on the ESKAPE organisms.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Funding, Microbiology, MRSA, NIH | 2 Comments

An Open Letter to Chris Mooney

Posted on April 29, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Do you think there’s a single evolutionary biologist who is happy with public opinion regarding evolution and creationism? But you’re not giving us concrete solutions. Perhaps the communication problem has something to do with the communicators too?
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Posted in Evolution, Framing | 26 Comments

Ben Stein: This Is What Academic Intimidation Looks Like

Posted on April 28, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Prick the skin of the ‘kind-hearted’ fanatic, and you will always find the boot, the jack, and the fist.
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives, The War on Science | 6 Comments

“A New Class of Antibiotics?”: A Cautionary Tale

Posted on April 27, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Moral of the story–don’t believe every breathless medical breakthrough drug development story you read.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Propaganda | 1 Comment

Alfred Lord Tennyson Led to Nazism…

Posted on April 26, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

or so John Wilkins tells me.
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Posted in Humor | 4 Comments

Terrorist Tularemia Attack?

Posted on April 25, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Responding to bioterrorism requires a public health, not security infrastructure.
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Posted in Microbiology, Military, Public Health | 4 Comments

Some Good News About Vancomycin Resistant MRSA

Posted on April 24, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s very hard to evolve.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Evolution, Microbiology, MRSA | 10 Comments

Senator Clinton Embraces Anti-Vax Autism Woo

Posted on April 23, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Trying to have it both ways on autism and vaccines.
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Posted in Autism, The War on Science, Vaccination | 10 Comments

Liberals: Embrace Local Government?

Posted on April 22, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

From the wayback machine: Democrats need to support their supporters.
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Posted in Progressives, Urban Planning | Comments Off on Liberals: Embrace Local Government?

While I’m Away on Vacation…

Posted on April 21, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Some advice for visitors to Boston.
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Posted in Boston | 6 Comments