Watchmen is great. Dana's review is basically right, so consider this a "me too" and an expansion on certain themes. As all nerds now know, the movie changes key events from the end of the graphic novels. I think that the major change was the right decision: giant psychic squid are awesome, but pret...

Oooooo-oh!-klahoma where the wind goes whistling 'twixt the ears! Richard Dawkins, having visited Scibling Ed Brayton in Michigan, is on his way to Oklahoma, where Scibling ERV is skipping the event (she prefers to watch Casey Luskin and John "hard for Hitler" West, inexplicably). And if state Repre...

An image from a protest against the economic recovery: A sentiment I can't really disagree with, though there are details of implementation to be resolved. Liberal writer Neal Pollack, in 2002, discussed his views on the issue: if a man enjoys lowering his scrotum into his partner's mouth, and enjoy...

It's snowing in Boston and my American flight has been cancelled but Virgin America claims their 8:35am flight is going to leave on time.  So here I am in the Virgin gate area.  Wish me luck. At this point there are a ton of people I'm hoping to hook up with at eComm 2009.  The agenda looks reall...

By Matthew Holt Last Thursday I gave a talk to a very high powered group, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. My old colleague Matt Quinn is now working for the soon to be very rich Agency for......

Following weeks of speculation, President Obama nominated Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. She will be responsible for shepherding the president's promise of universal health care through Congress, and for carrying out his promises to reform health ...

Last year, we spent a lot of time mocking the self-righteous bigotry of Martin Cothran. Cothran, who works for the Kentucky affiliate of Focus on the Family and blogs for the Disco. Inst., objects to gays having an equal right to marriage, and thinks it's hateful to call him a bigot for his anti-gay...

DaveScot, at ID creationist Bill Dembski's place, is on a climate change denial binge. Dave writes: that antarctic sea ice is at a record high (at least since 1980 when measurement started). The new high is REALLY high. It’s 50% greater than the old record set in 1995. In case anyone is labori...

It's time to get caught up on the week's events. Let's see... Nationalization: Alan Greenspan gives it the green light. Nouriel Roubini says not now, but very, very soon. Krugman agrees. Roubini - and can we please stop calling the guy who got it right "a pessimist" and "Dr. Doom." How is it pessim...

Too busy for full blogging today. Here are some remainders to get you through the day... Fact of the day: Adjusted for inflation, American families are poorer today than they were in 2001. Ain't the ownership society grand? Horrible Headline of the Day: Judges Plead Guilty in Scheme to Jail Youths ...