From: US renews call for science debate- (free physicsworld.com account may be needed) Will they agree to discuss science? Scientists in the US have sent out a fresh call for the three main US presidential candidates to take part in a public debate on science. Organizers of ScienceDebate 2008, a petition for a science debate  Read more »

The big loser in last night’s Clinton/Obama debate, at least in the eyes of media critics, was ABC News. Tom Shales, in the Washington Post, gives a thorough and fair critique of what ABC’s Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos did wrong. Ignoring the aspects that were outside the moderator’s control such as timing and number  Read more »

Condi Must Go! Brave New Films has put together a collection of clips and quotes by Condoleezza Rice regarding US policy on torture over the years. This month new information has surfaced that shows that Ms. Rice was blatantly LYING to Congress and the American people. Greenwald’s organization is asking people to join together to  Read more »

Ron Paul Questions Bernake This kind of stuff is why Ron Paul drives me nuts. He raises some very serious issues but he does not know when and where to make those points.

On April 7th, James Surowiecki wrote his the New Yorker article Going for Broke: In recent months, a lot of people have been handed financial get-out-of-jail-free cards. C.E.O.s who presided over billions in losses have walked away with tens of millions in compensation. The Federal Reserve has showered cheap money on banks and brokerages. Even  Read more »