Google Wave Sounds Terrifying

I’m all for new and innovative technology, but the new Google Wave format scares the crap out of me. The concept is great: a real-time multi-person interactive document and media sharing platform, where everyone can chat and collaborate on projects. Beta-testing is currently underway, with invitations flying and everyone getting super excited. Sounds like a [...]

Walter Kronkite, Carl Kasell, and Bill Moyers

These three men represent what I consider the journalistic ideal. What else do they have in common? They are no longer reporting. Well, sort of. As you know, Walter Kronkite passed away in July, after a lifetime of diligent reporting and being voted “the most trusted man in America”.

Carl Kasell, the voice behind Morning Edition [...]

Darwin-Dissing Alert!!!

Today is the day that Ray Comfort, the creationist of hand-banana fame, will be distributing copies of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species at “the top 100 universities nationwide”. The catch? A 54-page introduction equating the theory of evolution with Nazism, and overall bashing the venerable Charles Darwin with lies and [...]

Billionaires for Wealthcare Strike Again!!!!

You may remember the group “Billionaires for Wealthcare” that satirized the opponents of Health Care Reform during the tea party protests. Well guess what? They’re BACK! And this time, they’ve infiltrated the conference of AHIP – America’s Health Insurance Plans. AHIP is the lobby that put out the bogus study saying that reform [...]

Medicare for Everyone

Major revelations and victories this week in Health Care Reform! Simply changing the name of the ‘public option’ to ‘Medicare Part E’ – (the ‘E’ being for ‘everybody’) – has brought yet another Blue Dog Democrat (Mike Ross – AR) behind the push for a public option. Also, the House Judiciary Committee has [...]

Nifty New Fossils Clarify Evolution of Pterosaurs, Hominids

Two new fossil finds published this month have further clarified the outline of the tree of life. I love these kinds of stories!
#1 – Darwinopterus modularis

First, a new transitional pterosaur has provided evidence of the evolutionary connection between the two major groups of Mesozoic flying reptiles: the long-tailed basal ‘rhamphorinchoids’, and the more evolutionarily derived [...]

Health Insurers: “We Will Raise Rates, Regardless”

On the Eve of the final committee vote on Health Care Reform in the Senate Finance Committee, the Health Insurance lobby (AHIP – America’s Health Insurance Plans) has released a propaganda-esque ‘report’ in conjunction with PriceWaterHouseCoopers. In an attempt to sway the vote, the report states that Insurance Companies will dramatically raise their [...]

If Not Now, When?

The National Equality March this past Sunday highlighted a growing frustration among the LGBT community. Many in the community have begun to criticize President Obama’s unwillingness to act on his campaign promises to gay Americans, namely on those issues which lie under control of the President. For one, the President has the authority [...]

Obama speaks at HRC

This is Obama’s address to the annual HRC black-tie fundraising dinner tonight in Washington. He addressed a wide variety of topics, beginning with a spate of apologetics for why he has failed to make much progress on the issues that matter to LGBTQ Americans. He addressed marriage and employment equality, HIV/AIDS, hate crimes legislation, [...]

A History of “In-Progress” Peace Prizes

Amidst the recent surprise, shock, disbelief, confusion, and all-around general puzzlement surrounding the awarding of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, many commentators and regular folks (including myself) have expressed feelings of ambivalence over whether Obama’s achievements to date really warrant the top international honor in peace, diplomacy, and international relations. As the Prize is given [...]