Socks, former White House cat, euthanized - The CNN Wire - CNN.com Blogs

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Presidents And The Constitution - Forbes.com

In 2001 Obama expressed his disapproval of the entire direction of the U.S. Constitution. This article, written before the inauguration, discusses some implications of this unsettling fact.

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Astronomers Unveiling Life's Cosmic Origins

This idea isn't news. Panspermia, or the cosmic origin of life,was first mooted by Anaxagoras in 5th century BC.

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Getting married makes you fat?

People tend to get fatter after they get married. This study was done in Holland.

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We're okay here in Canada

Canada is meeting the "crisis" pretty well, so far. I'm glad I've lived here many, many decades.

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Golliwog row: Carol Thatcher 'sacked because she wouldn't apologise'

Carol Thatcher was sacked by the BBC because she refused to apologise for using the word "golliwog", Jay Hunt, the controller of BBC One, has said.

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Genome budget cut in Canada

Latest Canada Federal budget ignores important genome research funding

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Genes and Social Networks

Our tendencies to form friends and join networks may be inborn. The "blank" slate becomes more and more deeply engraved with baked-in behaviours.

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The Prophetic Brain

This piece suggests how the brain's hierarchical structure may work to predict events.

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TheHill.com-The Obama presidency: Here comes socialism

President Obama will try to emulate something like FDR's New Deal. Possibly not altogether a good thing, thinks Morris. We'll just have to wait and see.

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Wilhelm Röpke: Architect of Liberty

Ludwig Erhard, instigator of west German prosperity in 1948, was inspired by Wilhelm Röpke, a far-sighted economist of pre-war and post-war times. We have much to learn from such heroes.

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The Reference Frame: Ira Flatow interviews Edward Witten

Mathematical Physicist Edward Witten, one of the principal authors of string theory, being interviewed by Ira Flatow on Big Ideas.

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The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete

Massive computing resources whisk the foundations out from under the orderly methods of science.

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One Election Outcome Certain: A Lefty Will Win White House - June 23, 2008 - The New York Sun

Maybe there's some social advantage to being a left-hander. I'm I'm a rightist both with my hands and in my attitudes. But many lefties are political rightists. Is it worth thinking about?

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VDARE.com: 06/22/08 - The College Paradox: Not Everyone Gains By Higher Education

Charles Murray is unpopular in many hearts, but his assertions approach the truth, however distasteful they may be to the politically correct. I reluctantly agree with most of what he says.

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Science: The hidden secrets of Santa's beard

Snowy white Santa beards may hide more nastiness than you'd care to guess, Roger Highfield reports.

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'Test tube universe' hints at unifying theory

This year's Xmas theory of strings and branes offers experimental tests of novel physical theories. Theories of everything, anyone?

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Delegates depart Bali talks on a lot of hot air

The Kyoto farce grinds on without laughs

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Hygiene's uncool? Tell the dying

Trendy green celebrities dismiss civilized hygiene

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An Evolutionary Theory of Right and Wrong

Who doesn't know the difference between right and wrong? Yet that essential knowledge, generally assumed to come from parental teaching or religious or legal instruction, could turn out to have a quite different origin. ...and that's natural selection, dammit.

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Web inventor fears for the future

Dangers threaten as the web expands. Its leading creator, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, fears misinformation, ignorance and the undermining of democracy.

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The God Conundrum

A cosmologist summarises and refutes Terry Eastwood's review of Richard Dawkins's "The God Delusion"

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Pelican eats pigeon

PELICANS eat fish. It's well known. Except when they take a fancy to pigeon. One luckless pigeon was pottering about St James's Park in Central London, looking for titbits from tourists, when a pelican scooped it up in its bill.

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Pope's dialogue with Islam advances

An extraordinary thing happened a week ago. Thirty-eight Muslim scholars and chief muftis, from across the Muslim world, jointly replied to the Pope's speech at Regensburg (and more have associated their names with this document, since).

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George Soros Takes Aim at Israel

Billionaire investor George Soros is leading a move to stitch together an American Jewish political lobby that is "anti-Israel," according to a column in the Jerusalem Post.

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