The Flatpack festival properly launches this evening (Wednesday) with a Curzonora extravaganza at the Town Hall. I’ll let the programme explain: “Birmingham, 1901. Electric trams are making their debut on the Bristol Road, councillors are plotting to bring water all the way from Wales, a...

I’ve had a fair amount of travel in the last 2 months, but really only one public speaking event of note. Starting now, things get crazy. First up, IndyHall Town Hall. From the IndyHall website: We’ve come a really long way in just a year and a half. We’ve connected with so many new people...

It blows my mind to think that George W. Bush went eight years without ever having a true town hall meeting. Bush routinely screened the crowds at his events, trying to prevent anyone who was not a hard core Republican from getting in and routinely tossing people out of his town halls if they even l...

A bunch of us from ScienceOnline09 met at the Town Hall Grill for the Early Bird Dinner. We had a limited menu, which forced me to branch out and order something other than their wonderful fried oysters, which was a good thing. We all started out with a fantastic salad. It had a light coating of vin...

Why the Obama White House May Go to the Dogs (and the Cows, and the Deer, and the Lab Rats)Forget about Barack Obama's income tax-challenged Treasury Secretary or the conflict of interest controversy at the State Department. The most outrageous Obama appointee just might be Cass Sunstein, a Harvard ...

Lots of tickets on sale or going or presale: Israeli band Idan Raichel Project at Town Hall on March 26, tickets here The Gaslight Anthem at Webster Hall on March 27, tickets here Anathallo at Mercury Lounge on March 4, tickets here The Airborne Toxic Event at Bowery Ballroom on March 8, tickets her...

If you viewed the town hall debate yesterday, you might have thought that everyone in America was six years old, demanding more toys from their parents for Christmas. Question after question began with the assumption that the problem (too much government) was the solution. The myth of a town hall de...

This is almost unbelievable. We’re all quite used to George Bush’s cloistered public appearances, which have, in recent years, been mostly limited to military bases. When he’s actually at a public function, it’s all GOP sycophants & supporters. On the campaign trail in 2...

And look at that, John McCain completely evaded the legitimate question with the usual "that's offensive to people" nonsense. But guess what? John McCain reportedly called his nice rich recent wife Cindy McDain a "cunt" when she mocked his thinning hair over his thousand-year-old skull. Look, we are...

Many in the autism community (as noted here and here), and many scientists (here and here, and here, and also here, for starters), have spoken out about Senator John McCain’s saying that “‘there’s strong evidence” linking thimerosal for the increase in diagnoses of auti...