No Longer the World's Slowest Blog

As I've often said, I find the lack of respect for facts and reason by the current administration a real embarrassment for our country. ...

I cannot think of a time when I wasn't pro-choice. Even in the '60s, when I was first learning about sex and birth control and abor...

On January 14, 2008, former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate said (and it's on tape even): I have opponents in th...

Back in the '70s, when folks in the government still paid attention to scientists, the Office of Technology Assessment was founded, to h...

I thought people who wrote Hilary Clinton's presidential race obituary after her loss in Iowa were overreacting. Turns out that I was r...

Remember a few years ago when famous teen pop star Britney Spears made a big deal that she was going to be a virgin until she got married? W...

(taken, verbatim, from sciencedebate2008.com ) Given the many urgent scientific and technological challenges facing America and the rest of ...

Jim and I have been regulars out at Bocktown Beer and Grill in North Fayette since we realized there was a non-smoking beer bar in Alleghen...

This is news ? And Trent Lott is leaving early. Now, when most Senators leave the Senate early, it's either due to ill health or a scan...

I forget now who pointed me to this New York Times article, but if you ever watched Sesame Street in the '60s, '70s or '80s, i...

A few weeks ago, my mother mentioned that my cousin Debbie's son Justin was a published writer. I haven't seen Debbie in years and ...

There have always been Web sites that have been triumphs of form over function. The look of the site mattered more than the content. My fav...

I've missed the last few Pittsburgh Blogfests, but I was at the next one , which was Thursday, November 8 at Finnegans Wake on the North...

I sent the following letter to NPR this morning, regarding its "non-interview" with a former Bush administration employee: NPR is ...

I've recently rejoined the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh. We're putting on our fall concerts next week. The music is wonderful. If you li...

WDUQ has shown that it has more loyalty to Duquesne University (which does provide its office space) than to the listening public. WDUQ has...

I'm very happy that Al Gore co-won the Nobel Peace Prize (with the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and that Doris Le...

I'd like to think people who are online are reasonably able to read and think things through. This isn't always the case. No, I...

He had an excellent, succinct editorial on the subject in today's New York Times . I wrote a letter to the editors. If they don't u...

I've never met Randy Pausch, but as I'm both a geek and a movie fan, our paths have almost crossed. Dr. Pausch helped to start Carn...