I seem to be averaging about seven posts a month on this here site, and every time I think that I’m not really doing myself or anyone else justice by writing so infrequently, I look back and realize that at…

So you’re scheduled for heart surgery, and someone approaches you asking if you’d like to be part of a study. You ask what the study is about, and the researcher tells you that a cardiologist from the Mind/Body institute near…

I’ve talked a bit about Peak Oil in the past on this site — that’s the scientific fact that very soon (if it hasn’t happened already), oil demand will outstrip supply on a global level. Salon.com has probably the scariest…

George W. Bush held a rare press conference today to talk about what’s going on in Iraq. The press corps were finally asking some tough questions. As always, Helen Thomas was there to ask the most pointed ones, including a…

A friend just sent over this link to an article on MSNBC which talks about Bush’s latest “public relations drive” that is intended to sell the idea that he finally has a strategy on winning the war in Iraq. Wait…