Science & Technology

The Space Speech Newt Needs To Give

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 - by Rand Simberg

What Gingrich really meant when he proposed a base on the Moon.

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Is That The Onion? It Only Seems Like an Onion Parody! It’s the N.Y. Times Corrections Page

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 - by Belladonna Rogers

Reporter confuses a million dollars with a billion dollars. The end of reporting and editing as we knew it.

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Nine Years Of Space Policy Disaster

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 - by Rand Simberg

The ninth anniversary of the Columbia Shuttle accident and our manned space program is in shambles.

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WTO Rules China’s Export Controls on Critical Metals Illegal

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 - by Michael Silver

Huge victory for U.S. military & high tech manufacturers.

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SOPA, Security, and the Singularity

Monday, January 30th, 2012 - by N.M. Guariglia

Why this will be the most consequential century in the history of life on Earth.

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New Space Policy Questions and Advice for Mitt

Saturday, January 28th, 2012 - by Rand Simberg

In the interest of continuing to improve him as a candidate should he get the nomination.

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An Open Letter to Newt Gingrich

Friday, January 27th, 2012 - by Belladonna Rogers

Advice for Speaker Gingrich.

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Should the ‘Morning After’ Pill Be Available to All Ages?

Thursday, January 26th, 2012 - by Theodore Dalrymple

The idea of handing them out to 10 and 11 year olds with no questions asked seems callous and unfeeling.

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Romney, Gingrich & Obama: The World, The Flesh, and The Devil

Monday, January 23rd, 2012 - by Belladonna Rogers

How a 15th century morality play sheds light on our 2012 political drama.

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U.S. Defense Cuts Hobble Allies, Embolden Enemies

Monday, January 23rd, 2012 - by Morgan Lorraine Roach

A cut-rate approach to national security.

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Get Ready for Higher Gas Prices

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 - by Dan Miller

Thanks to the EPA.

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What We Really Learned from ABC News and Marianne Gingrich

Friday, January 20th, 2012 - by Belladonna Rogers

Neither fair nor balanced: the MSM is wrapped tightly around Obama's little finger.(Also read Bryan Preston's "No, Reuters, Gingrich's Cancellation Today Isn't a Sign of a Lack of 'Discipline.'")

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SOPA, Guns, and Freedom

Thursday, January 19th, 2012 - by Paul Hsieh

You do not protect honest online content producers from pirates by breaking the internet for the innocent.

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Misusing Copyright Laws in Medicine

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 - by Theodore Dalrymple

A questionnaire used millions of times by doctors is now subject to copyright law.

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Sex Addiction 101

Saturday, January 14th, 2012 - by Belladonna Rogers

PJM's advice columnist on the Chinese food syndrome of loveless sex: no sooner satisfied, than feeling empty again.

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Medical Journal Myopia Regarding Third World Health Care

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 - by Theodore Dalrymple

The march of folly never ceases.

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Should An Adopted Daughter Tell Her Adopted Brother What She Knows of His Origins?

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 - by Belladonna Rogers

How to deal with a powerful family secret.

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The Lunar Yellow Peril

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 - by Rand Simberg

No need to panic over Chinese space plans.

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How to Confront the Anti-Israel Fixation of the Left

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 - by Belladonna Rogers

PJ Advice Columnist Belladonna Rogers on how to challenge the Israel-bashers and how to tell when their efforts to delegitimize Israel are based on anti-Semitism.

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How P.C. Redefines and Distorts the Definition of Child Abuse

Monday, January 2nd, 2012 - by Theodore Dalrymple

Child abuse started out as fractured legs and broken skulls, and has ended up as assaults on self-esteem.

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Nanotech Fear Peddlers Are Back, Insisting ‘Here Be Monsters’

Thursday, December 29th, 2011 - by Howard Lovy

Get ready for the anti-nanotech Luddites in 2012.

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Can a Real Conservative and a Real Liberal Be Real Friends?

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 - by Belladonna Rogers

PJ Advice columnist Belladonna Rogers tells how the lion can lie down with the lamb -- at least sometimes.

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No Country for Young Fathers: Paternity Testing on the Rise

Monday, December 26th, 2011 - by Paul Cooper

It's not just the Maury show paying to find out who's the Dad.

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Newt’s ‘Zany’ Space Policy

Saturday, December 24th, 2011 - by Rand Simberg

Some questions for Mitt Romney.

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Coal In Our Stockings: The Destruction of Medical Innovation

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 - by Benjamin Zycher

Obamacare's "Comparative Effectiveness Review" process will stifle medical technology innovation.

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