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Conservative author David Frum: "Repeal DSHEA" [Terra Sigillata]

By most metrics, those of us at Terra Sig World Headquarters are liberals. Nevertheless, we often enjoy reading conservative writer, attorney, and American Enterprise Institute fellow, David Frum. Perhaps I have a soft spot for him because he's Canadian and he also writes for my favorite print n...

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ScienceBlogs — 21 hours ago

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How to respond to annoying reviewers... [Respectful Insolence]

You know, I have three manuscripts in the hopper with two of them having recently been returned to me with reviewers' comments. Frustratingly, one of these is a manuscript that I've been trying to get published for nearly a year now. Given that I appear to have some work to do over the long holid...

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ScienceBlogs — 21 hours ago

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I'm profiled in New Scientist [Pharyngula]

And wouldn't you know it, right there in the title it announces that I'm mild-mannered. Next time, I swear, I'm gonna…I'm gonna…I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Maybe I'll take off my glasses. Maybe I'll cuss, darn it. I've got to do something to shed this teddy bear reputation...

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ScienceBlogs — 21 hours ago

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Dangerous flu misinformation from HuffPo----again [White Coat Underground]

We already know about the Huffington Post's war on science and its shameless publication of snake oil ads disguised as journalism. Now, Mark Hyman, an evangelist for the cult known as "functional medicine", is giving even more bad flu advice (and shilling for his books). He begins h...

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ScienceBlogs — 21 hours ago

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OK waahmbulance workers, let's play "Balance the UC Budget" [DrugMonkey]

Okay people, now that you are all fired up about the plight of the poor undergraduates of the UC system, let's get to work. What would you do to keep the undergraduates from having to pay more for tuition and fees? How about this proposal from some UCSD faculty to close a campus or two? We s...

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ScienceBlogs — 22 hours ago

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