Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On? — Well, for one thing thirty years of cynical antiscience plumping by the GOP in the name of short term electoral gains has raised a generation of Americans who believe their personal opinions trump hard data. Thanks, Atwater, Ailes and Rove, for all those sick and dying kids. You guys certainly knew better, but it was worth the votes, right? (Thanks to lt260.)
?otD: Who will stop the rain? 5/8/2009 Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride This morning's weigh-in: 215.0 Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville, Engine Summer by John Crowley