PolITiGenomics

Personal DNA testing

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Last night on NOVA scienceNOW there was a segment on the personal DNA tests currently being marketed to consumers (you can watch the segment on the website, unfortunately no ability ... Read more..

Clean bill of health?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Last Friday, the Friday before the the three day Memorial Day weekend, Sen. McCain made his health records for the last eight years (over 1,200 pages!) available for just three ... Read more..

Moyers on The Daily Show

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Bill Moyers was on The Daily Show last night to talk about his new book, Moyers on Democracy. The wide-ranging interview covers a lot of interesting topics. The Colbert Report ... Read more..

The Age of American Unreason

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Last night, Susan Jacoby was on The Colbert Report to discuss her book, The Age of American Unreason. She touches on themes similar to those raised in my recent post, War ... Read more..

Colbert on the big state argument

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Here is esteemed pundit Stephen Colbert's take on Sen. Clinton's "big state" argument, i.e., because she has won the "big" states, she should be the nominee despite trailing in pledged ... Read more..