Can we do it any more?
Not when the leadership of one of the major parties sees US weakness in the world as a feature rather than a bug.
The Unteachables
What our “self-esteem” movement and the public schools have wrought. It’s been over thirty years since that commission on education issued the report that said that if a foreign power had imposed this educational system on us, we would rightly consider it an act of war. It’s true today more than ever.
Best Eclipse Photo I’ve Seen
So Much For Sleep Tonight
SpaceX launch at 1 AM Pacific, then a 7 AM flight out of LAX to DC in the morning.
People Who Buy (And Sell) Organic
…judgmental jerks. I guess the science is settled.
Next up, vegans?
Equity-Based Crowdfunding
What effect will the new rules have? It will be interesting to see. At the least, it should make it easier to raise funds for “unfashionable” projects (e.g., space and other hard-tech startups). One of the interesting aspects made possible by the Internet is crowdsourcing for the identification of iffy projects.
Send In Your Nominations
…for the first Walter Duranty Prize for journalistic mendacity.
Is Keith Olbermann a journalist? I think that Tom Friedman deserves at least a nomination for his China worship.
The Occupiers At The NATO Summit
…are no match for capitalist pigs like Jonathan Hoenig. Heh.
Mere mockery is too good for them, but it’s too much fun.
Lipids
Interesting, and slightly dismaying. If true, the HDL/LDL ratio isn’t really important; all that really matters is the absolute LDL level. Still, a high ratio and reduction of total would reduce LDL. But the most important takeaway from a dietary standpoint is that you are not what you eat — there is little correlation between cholesterol intake and serum cholesterol. A failure to understand this over the decades has resulted in a lot of terrible dietary advice, including the kind that probably killed my father in the seventies.
The Barbarians Of Chicago
And I’m not just referring to these people:
I’m also referring to the barbarians in public office there (and DC, and New York) who defy Constitution and the Supreme Court, and the age-old right of the law-abiding to arm and defend themselves, because they willfully enable the barbarism.