Monthly Archives: May 2008

“Teaching the Controversy” Is So Stupid, Even the Washington Post’s Editors Get It

Posted on May 20, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

For a brief moment, the editors of the Washington Post have rejoined the Coalition of the Sane.
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Posted in Creationism | 4 Comments

Handwashing, Crap Removal, and Infectious Disease

Posted on May 20, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Simple, low-tech innovations, such as yelling at people to wash their damn hands and not putting shit on food, can have tremendous effects on illness and death rates.
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Posted in Microbiology, Public Health | 4 Comments

The ‘Sportsification’ of Political News

Posted on May 19, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Politics is covered as if it were sports. It’s not, and shouldn’t be.
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Posted in Fucking Morons, News Media | 3 Comments

Ambassador Kurtzer: A Jewish View of Israel and Obama We Never Hear in the U.S.

Posted on May 18, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

The former ambassador to Israel endorses Obama. Why? The need for diplomacy.
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Posted in Jewish Stuff, Middle East | 3 Comments

Boston’s Apple Store: Environment and the Failure of Architecture

Posted on May 17, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Apple, which prides itself on style and design, needs to hire architects that understand that a building has to work in the environment it’s sited.
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Posted in Architecture | 16 Comments

Why Don’t News Organizations Release Their Polling Data?

Posted on May 16, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Why don’t news organizations release their polling data?
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Posted in News Media, Statistics, Voting | 6 Comments

Why I’m Not Worried About the Never-Ending Democratic Primary

Posted on May 15, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

This is a rare thing for me to say, but I think the Democrats are in good shape.
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Posted in Democrats, Voting | 5 Comments

Amanda: “I Love Vaccines”

Posted on May 14, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Anti-vax selfishness and arrongance: heckuva combination.
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Posted in Fucking Morons, The War on Science, Vaccination | 10 Comments

Thing You Don’t Expect to Hear in Boston

Posted on May 13, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Overhead last weekend at a Boston coffeshop.
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Posted in Boston | 12 Comments

Influenza and Money

Posted on May 13, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

By this metric, the euro is probably doing as poorly as the dollar.
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Posted in Influenza, Microbiology, Viruses | 4 Comments