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April 21st, 2013 - 11:35 pm § in Misc.

RIP Francois Jacob .. a true father for molecular biology

Nobel prize-winning French biologist dies Sunday, April 21, 2013 – 16:30 in Health & Medicine French biologist Francois Jacob, who won the 1965 Nobel prize for medicine for his research into enzymes, has died at the age of 92, a relative told AFP on Sunday.[...]

April 21st, 2013 - 4:39 pm § in Uncategorized

Justice is Hungry

That indispensible newspaper, the Economist, includes an amazing and disturbing article this week on judicial decision-making. The article profiles exhaustive research on parole decisions made by Israeli judges. The good news is that neither the sex nor ethnicity of offenders influenced parole decis[...]

April 21st, 2013 - 9:53 am § in Misc.

Senator Supports Rewarding Terorists

Chuck Schumer: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Should Face Death Penalty   Schumer simply does not get it.  The Tsarnaev brothers and their like mnded see execution as a reward. A life sentence … a life of humilation .. is a far worse punishment then the kindly act of death admistered by injection or [...]

April 21st, 2013 - 7:44 am § in Misc.

SUNDAY REVELATIONS: WWJD about Prop 8

“Prop 8 – The Musical” starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more… from Jack Black[...]