The continuing self-implosion of Roger Clemens: “He fell into a trap he didn’t see,” Ein said. “Early in the interview, he said about steroids, ‘Where would I get the needles?’ But later, talking about how McNamee’s injections were only lidocaine and vitamin B12, apparently needles were no problem. I guarantee you that the authorities are… Continue reading

There They Go AgainSean Carroll with a good post on a panel of physicists who love flirting with metaphysics: A few of the panel members tried to pin down Seth Lloyd on one of his favorite catchphrases, “The universe is a computer.” I tackled this one myself at one point, at least half-seriously. If the… Continue reading

Hitchens (Peter, not Christopher) with a fascinating and ominous piece on the state of Islam and Christianity…in the UK.

Not that it matters, but has anyone in the media offered the assessment that the late, desperate hiring on of the Buchanites, Bay with her brother lurking in the background, and their drumbeating for deportations, might be a key reason Romney quickly lost first Iowa and now New Hampshire? Just wondering. Rush Limbaugh had some… Continue reading

George Will on the new populism: According to Edwards, the North Carolina of his youth resembled Chechnya today — “I had to fight to survive. I mean really. Literally.” Huckabee, a compound of Uriah Heep, Elmer Gantry and Richard Nixon, preens about his humble background: “In my family, ‘summer’ was never a verb.” Nixon, who… Continue reading