By Michael Baker The Washington Post is running Patrick B. Pexton’s response to the Romney Campaign’s demands that the newspaper print a retraction of a recent article regarding Mitt Romney’s activities as the head of […]
Underneath the Rug
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Some of the content from emails sent by Penn State President Graham Spanier, Athletic Director Tim Curley, and Vice President Gary Schultz from 2001 has been made public. It does show […]
I Had to Write This: The Psychology of Determinism
By Michael Baker A new study by University of Pennsylvania psychologists sheds light on how the brain links one thought to another, thus bringing us one step closer to developing methods of mind reading. I’m […]
Leap Second
By Michael Baker Today will be one second longer than a typical day. Cool, an extra second! Too bad you just wasted it reading this.
Gay Marriage – A Historical Inevitability
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) In this year’s presidential campaign one of the hot issues is going to be the ever growing debate on gay marriage. Supporters and dissenters both have very strong opinions on the […]
The Spin Zone: How the Right Can Claim a Victory Based on the Healthcare Opinion
By Michael Baker From a political standpoint, things seem simple enough: the Dem’s love it; the ‘publicans, not so much. But there’s always room for some old fashioned political slant, and conservatives – particularly the […]
Healthcare Ruling Rocks America’s Political Establishment
By Kent David Du After the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, upheld the individual mandate, figures from both the left and right of the American political system reacted to the controversial law’s constitutional […]
The Ultimate Case of the Munchies
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) The toxicology tests on Rudy Eugene, who is the now famous face eating cannibal out of Florida, are in. The only drug found in his system was marijuana. There was no […]
Should Political Science be Held to the Same Standards as Hard Sciences?
By Michael Baker Here’s a well-written argument that political science programs ought to be defunded, in part because political scientists tend to yield incorrect predictions about government and world affairs. That seems compelling at first; […]
It’s Good to Be Smart, as Long as You Don’t Know It
By Michael Baker Here’s a pretty interesting read on why being intelligent might make you more susceptible to basic mental errors. The brunt of it is that smart people tend to know that they’re smart, […]
The Nationsmith 