What we are dealing with in detail I am not professionally qualified to discuss (I'm not Sarah Palin, I know my limits.) But what we are dealing with in the grand scheme of things seems pretty simple. The US has... Full story...
Hank Hyena, writing for transhumanist magazine H+, imagines the consequences of lab grown meat: In-Vitro Meat will be fashioned from any creature, not just domestics that were affordable to farm.
A military wife reflects: I remember the year we celebrated Thanksgiving on a Sunday evening in October.
Jennifer Reese raised her own turkeys this year: The heritage bird runs very fast around the yard first thing in the morning, flapping his wings and trilling musically while the factory-bred girl stands there, calm and blinking.
A reader writes: I respectfully disagree with your reader who spells out what they describe as the cynical and political thought process behind the argument in very honest fashion.
Manzi weighs in on "Climategate." His sane point: The root problem here is not the eternal perfidy of human nature, but the fact that we can’t run experiments on history to adjudicate disputes, which makes this less like chemistry or.
Matt Welch takes aim: Forget Palin; let's talk about The Weekly Standard. What kind of journalistic pathology yearns so nakedly to provide the brainpower to supplement politicians' animal magnetism? And when are we going to get the mother of all.
Jason Zengerle on why Palin won't be going away: The reason for Palin’s staying power will be the same thing that keeps a celebrity like Richie’s old running partner, Paris Hilton, in the spotlight.
Conor Friedersdorf recoils from a blogger who views gay unions as "a relationship based upon a sexual act which can never rise above entertainment.
A reader writes: Another viable comparison for Obama is with JFK, and not just for the obvious reasons of youth, attractiveness, charming young family, etc.
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