Links for you. Science:
From the Writer’s Desk: The dangers of press releases
CDC says postpone breastfeeding: Making up facts, anti-vax style!
Was Lou Gehrig’s ALS Caused by Tap Water?
CDC’s long-awaited Morgellons study is out (expect controversy)
Publisher statements that may get me on the boycott-peer-review bandwagon
Other:
Cochrane: Just don’t call it “stimulus”!
Boston Rents Spike; Have You Beaten The Odds?
In tight local market, no relief for renters, apartment hunters
Barack Obama, prince of players
By Axing Public Parks, Politicos Are Stealing the People’s Property
Things I Don’t Have to Think About Today
Associates: Paul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters (by ‘controversial’, we mean racist and bigoted)
Do Big-Time Sports Mean Big-Time Support for Universities?
What Is Private Equity?
Austerity Memories (yes, David Broder is still a fucking idiot)