realpolitik

Query: where have all the good studies gone?

by Isy
March 5, 2011
brainiac, realpolitik, science, studies

I wonder why so much money gets thrown at the same basic studies over and over again. My personal hair-puller is the ones that call… Read More »Query: where have all the good studies gone?

No choice but integrity

by Isy
December 28, 2010
humor, opinion, perspective, realpolitik

I’m a walking, talking, babbling, ceaseless argument for the fact that sexuality is not a choice. Integrity is — though that’s not my point here.… Read More »No choice but integrity

Julian Assange and Swedish herrings (red)

by Isy
December 22, 2010
3 Comments
brainiac, critical thinking, realpolitik

The Interpol-ation of Julian Assange, the most widely-known of the Wikileaks founders, is a thoroughgoing exercise in logical fallacies and predatory smoke-screening. First, the fallacies…… Read More »Julian Assange and Swedish herrings (red)

B. C. E. takes on new meaning

by Isy
November 27, 2010
critical thinking, humor, loved ones, perspective, realpolitik, tasty words

Les was a chef before he was born. He helped with a BAADS Thanksgiving some years ago as a gesture of kindness, and found that… Read More »B. C. E. takes on new meaning

Housing crisis? Really?

by Isy
October 13, 2010
opinion, perspective, realpolitik

More and more in the news about the feculent mess our mortgage system is in. Housing is too costly & too scarce. Empty houses are… Read More »Housing crisis? Really?

My contribution to the statistics

by Isy
October 10, 2010
critical thinking, realpolitik

Here’s an anecdote to chill the blood. On my 21st birthday (1987, so imagine the hair, shoulderpads & pegged jeans), I went out with a… Read More »My contribution to the statistics

Living lean: mulling cost and value

by Isy
September 21, 2010
critical thinking, perspective, realpolitik, what works

I’ve gotten pretty good at the fine art of stretching a dollar so tight that if I let go, the rebound could snap my nose… Read More »Living lean: mulling cost and value

Standards

by Isy
August 26, 2010
opinion, realpolitik, satire

Driving requires licensure, even though you can only knock off a few people at a time & do maybe half a million dollars worth of… Read More »Standards

Campaign cash: Who’s spending where in 2010

by Isy
August 24, 2010
realpolitik, useful links

Information is a beautiful thing. br> ——————– br>Campaign cash: Who’s spending where in 2010:08 AM EDT Tuesday, August 24, 2010The Post offers an interactive table… Read More »Campaign cash: Who’s spending where in 2010

Lovely note to start on

by Isy
June 7, 2010
PubMed, realpolitik, studies, useful links

Pisses me off that almost all the studies done on CRPS insist on recruiting subjects (that is, patients) who have only one affected limb! This… Read More »Lovely note to start on