Monthly Archives: July 2010

BP, Scientists, and Gag Agreements

Posted on July 19, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

BP is trying to buy scientists’ silence.
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Posted in Bidness, Ethics, Funding, Oil | 3 Comments

Links 7/18/10

Posted on July 18, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Still hot. Cool down with some nice links.
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Food Stamps Versus Educational ‘Reform’: Ketchup As a Vegetable for the 21st Century

Posted on July 18, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

This is the same kind of ‘ketchup is a vegetable’ crap we heard from the Reagan and Bush administrations.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Democrats, Education, Food, Hunger, Progressives | 3 Comments

Links 7/17/10

Posted on July 17, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Say Yoda, “Friday, thank goodness, it is.” Links for you.
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What Do You Say to the Last Man to Die For Outrage Over Shoddy Nation Building? On the Misuse of the Pronoun “We”

Posted on July 17, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

‘We’ aren’t fighting over there.
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Posted in Iraq, Military | 8 Comments

Links 7/16/10

Posted on July 16, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

How Microbes Defend and Define Us To Repel Mosquitoes, Use a House Fan Researchers create ‘lesbian’ mice by deleting a single gene Other: It’s Not You: Work IS Getting Worse Tax Cuts Are Sacred

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Complexity and Communication: The KIPP Edition

Posted on July 16, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Once we reach the ‘dueling experts’ stage, all that’s left are ad hominem attacks: my expert is better than yours.
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Posted in Education, Framing | 3 Comments

My Commenters Is Smarter Than Me: The Purpose of Education

Posted on July 15, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Education is not, and should not be, the core mission of the university. The core mission of the university is scholarship.
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Posted in Education | 18 Comments

Research, Teaching, Tuition, and Overheads

Posted on July 15, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Since I’ve called for more of a research institute model, I’m not opposed to spinning off research institutes.
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Posted in Education, Funding, NIH | 15 Comments

Links 7/14/10

Posted on July 14, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s a wild and wacky Wednesday, in no small part because I got my parking ticket expunged. Yes, regular readers will wonder how I, He Who Does Not Own a Car, got a parking ticket in the first place.
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Posted in Lotsa Links | 2 Comments