Monthly Archives: April 2008

After 40 Years of Wandering Through a Racist Desert…

Posted on April 6, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Maybe 2008 is the year the majority of us get to leave this desert of hate.
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Racism | 2 Comments

Saturday Sermon: How We Create Amalek

Posted on April 5, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Changing a call to hate the other to a call for moral responsibility for the other.
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Remembering MLK

Posted on April 4, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Why King was in Memphis, TN.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Economics, Racism, Unions | 1 Comment

One Sleazy Reason Why the Social Security Disability Fund Isn’t Doing So Well

Posted on April 4, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

More nationalizing of risk, privatizing profits.
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Framing and the Low Information Voter

Posted on April 3, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Even if you can get them, do you really want them?
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Pity the Poor Super-Rich

Posted on April 3, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

I’m surprised the housing meltdown hasn’t been blamed on poor, single mothers. Everything else is.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Economics | 6 Comments

Two Depressing Infectious Disease Anecdotes

Posted on April 2, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Over at denialism blog, PalMD has two posts which, to me anyway, are related. The first has describes how sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are actually treated with antibiotics:

Posted in Antibiotics, E. coli, Evolution, Microbiology, Public Health | 3 Comments

All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter: The Return of an Old Clade of E. coli O157:H7

Posted on April 2, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

I never (EVAH!) thought I would describe the biology of E. coli with a Tolkein poem, but it is a good analogy for the ‘spinach’ clone of E. coli O157:H7.
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Posted in Agriculture, E. coli, Evolution, Microbiology, Viruses | 8 Comments

Send the Stimulus to the States

Posted on April 1, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

A good strategy to weather a recession does not involve closing schools and laying off teachers.
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Posted in Economics, Education, Funding | 2 Comments

Using Phylogenetics to Understand Medical Microbial Ecology

Posted on April 1, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Using evolutionary biology to understand the human microbiome.
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Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments