You're going to read a lot of these today. It's actually in the blogger manual, we're required to comment. So here goes:

On this date in 2001, I skipped math class and got away with it.

Ok, ok. Also on this date, I watched 19 religious fundamentalists do heart-breaking damage...

This post from Matt Yglesias drives home one of the most important points currently facing the progressive movement. The Big Tent results in a fractious chorus of interests competing for attention and address. We simply don't have the monolithic certainty of the still-powerful Christian Right.

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Yesterday, February 2nd 2010, respected medical journal The Lancet came to the long-overdue conclusion that a "study" which included a sample size far below what is needed for accurate experimentation - selected not at random but rather by a man with a vested interest in the outcome of the "study"...

The Age of Vaccines

In the early '60s, there were approximately 450,000 measles cases and an average of 450 measles-associated deaths reported each year in the United States [1] . The disease had been a killer for centuries, and at its peak an estimated 3-4 million persons in the...

Last time I wrote in this space, I posted an article called "Why Do Conservatives Hate America?" As it turns out, polemic is not my strong suit. But the flaw was not necessarily in the premise.
When posing the question of whether or not conservatives "hate America,"...

The news that Rio has been chosen to host the 2016 Olympics, while disappointing for American patriots, could hardly be considered unexpected. No South American city has ever hosted the international competition; by contrast, the United States hosted the Summer Olympics as recently as 1996, in Atlanta. Chicago and...

Unless you've been living in cave for the past few months -- to be fair, not entirely unreasonable these days -- you've probably noticed the intense battle for health care reform currently sweeping the nation. While there are a great many aspects to the proposed reform, it's impossible to get...

Tim Ellis reported from Horseheads, NY, as part of HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Town Hall Watch.

Horseheads, New York, August 31st - As I approached the latest town hall meeting in a divisive congressional recess, I expected to face another divided crowd of thoroughly made-up minds spoiling for...

Tim Ellis reported from Victor, NY, as part of HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Town Hall Watch.

Victor, NY, August 26th -- Congressman Eric Massa makes a point of connecting with his constituents and addressing their concerns with patience and reason. That patience was on full display Thursday evening,...