Hitch on Terrorists and The Left

Stranger in a Strange Land

Science backs up the Pope!

CTV.ca | Long work hours linked to high blood pressure

Pluto a Planet No More.

SciGuy: Pluto's fate has been decided -- NOT A PLANET

So sad.

It will always be a planet in my heart.

Makes you glad to be Catholic!

Pope: Working too hard harms the spirit

Good site for bad science

Not Even Wrong

Not necessarily about Global Warming

The most interesting thing is the heat equation. We are making our cities hotter for sure - that heat has to go somewhere:

The deluded world of air conditioning. By William Saletan

Bad news for secure passports

Wired News: Hackers Clone E-Passports

Summertime

These are really the dog days of summer. It seems as if half of our staff and ¾ of our clients are on vacation. We always forecast a low July, and we were able to meet that. Or even end up lower that forecast! Man oh man.

I recently finished the book Theft by Peter Carey. It is set in Australia and New York City. It is a novel about the art community. What is good, how do agents and galleries work, who is hot, who is not. What gets stolen and why. Oh, it is also a love story. I have read several of Carey’s other books and was fond of them. Well, all except for Oscar and Lucinda. I could not abide that one.

If you like wine, here is a great v-blog worth spending some time with. Very fun.

Poor Andy!

Law Blog � Duck, Andy! (Or Just Stand There and Take it Like a Felon)

Another great Jon Katz dog story on Slate

Can a dog be a workaholic? By Jon Katz

Whining Nuts

Are nut allergies taking over the planet? By Emily Bazelon

You got to hand it to her!

Twist on a Famous Formula: A Severed Hand in a Topless Dancer’s Jar - New York Times

On the Radio

The Business Makers Radio Show

Is Louisiana Sinking?

SciGuy: Louisiana isn't sinking after all? Maybe.

I am uploading this to make sure my "hello" software works 

100 hits a day?

Not a chance.

Who blogs? And why? By Jack Shafer

Probably not even 100 hits a week.

From the NYTimes

You will need a subscription to the NYTimes to read this, but it is a good article:

Talking Points - The Rise of the Super-Rich by Teresa Tritch - New York Times

Income inequality is getting worse in the USA

The link below is to a PDF file discussing income distribution in the USA.

To be in the top 1% of income in the US in 20o4 you had to make more than $315k (that is per household)

pikettyqje.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Screw tops: Bad. Corks: Good!

Vinography: A Wine Blog: Uh oh. Screwcaps Will Ruin the Planet.

The WWF is against screwtops. I find that odd.

Ken Lay and James Byrd???

That is the most absurd analogy I have ever heard:

Chron.com | Lay praised by family and friends

Next thing you know, Ken was walking on water while he fed teh poor with loaves and fishes.

He was convicted. That may be vacted, but the fact is that he was convicted by a jury of his peers.