Science & Technology

Is Salt Really Bad for Your Heart?

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 - by Theodore Dalrymple

Will the killjoys at the American Medical Association finally allow the Morton's Salt Girl to come out and play?

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Empowering Telecom Job Creators

Monday, December 5th, 2011 - by Stephen DeMaura

Two proposed bills—one pro-business, one pro-regulation—face off in New Jersey.

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Obama: Can Old Friendships Survive His Divisive Presidency?

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 - by Belladonna Rogers

PJ Advice columnist Belladonna Rogers on whether a friendship forged decades ago can endure the ultra-partisan Age of Obama.

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The Measure of a Life Worth Living

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 - by Theodore Dalrymple

A peer reviewed study shows that some people living in a vegetative state may be more "alive" than previously thought.

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The Skunk at Your Door: The Sadistic Narcissist with the Very Large Suitcase

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 - by Belladonna Rogers

PJ Advice columnist Belladonna Rogers provides 12 time-tested tips to help retain your sanity during a really long weekend.

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The Boorish Liberal at Thanksgiving Dinner

Monday, November 14th, 2011 - by Belladonna Rogers

PJ Advice Columnist Belladonna Rogers on coping with the inevitable relative who turns up every year, preferring a debate to a drumstick.

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The End of the Light Bulb as We Know It

Sunday, November 13th, 2011 - by Belladonna Rogers

Why Americans are hoarding incandescent bulbs before darkness envelops us all on January 1, 2012.

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Another DOE Loan Scandal: Are We Bailing Out Spain’s Solar Collapse?

Thursday, November 10th, 2011 - by Richard Pollock

Following the collapse of Spain's solar sector, a Spanish company with ties to Democrats received $2.7 billion in US Energy Department loans.

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E.Coli in Organic Food Leads to 50 Dead in Germany

Monday, November 7th, 2011 - by Theodore Dalrymple

Perhaps health-food and vitamin supplements should be labelled, “Warning: Over-Concern for Your Health May Be Damaging to Your Health.”

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Wasted ‘Climate Change’ Cash Could Save Lives Instead

Sunday, November 6th, 2011 - by Tom Harris and Robert M. Carter

Tomorrow’s theoretical problems have been trumping today’s urgent needs.

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Old Flames: Heaven, Hell, and Eternity

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 - by Belladonna Rogers

PJ Media Advice columnist Belladonna Rogers on the dangerous allure of the past.

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For Tiffany, All that Glitters Isn’t Gold

Saturday, October 29th, 2011 - by Myron Ebell

The fashionable jeweler has joined an effort to block an Alaskan gold mine from operating.

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The New Paganism of Biodiversity

Friday, October 28th, 2011 - by Theodore Dalrymple

Dispatches from the Society for the Protection of the Malaria Spirochete.

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‘Shuttlyndra’ and the Smoking Rocket

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 - by Rand Simberg

A NASA study, suppressed by the agency, definitively shows that the Senate Launch System isn't needed.

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It’s the Space Development and Settlement, Stupid

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 - by Rand Simberg

Columbus didn’t sail across the seas for the sake of “exploration.”

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This Isn’t ‘Lending’ — It’s More Like Looting

Sunday, October 9th, 2011 - by Tom Blumer

Solyndra's unlearned lessons.

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ObamaCare Is Likely To Die a Painful Death

Saturday, October 8th, 2011 - by Dan Miller

Is the Supreme Court likely to draw and quarter the president's signature legislation? You betcha.

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The Man Who Sold the Future

Friday, October 7th, 2011 - by Will Collier

Steve Jobs not only understood the times he lived in, he anticipated what would come next.

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Steve Jobs: An Unexpected Appreciation

Thursday, October 6th, 2011 - by Michael S. Malone

Having spent much of my life dealing with the Steve Jobs phenomenon, I can say that it was only in the last few years that he became the great figure he was always destined to be.

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In Praise of Entrepreneurs

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 - by Rand Simberg

I won’t say that I would be the last person to praise Steve Jobs, Apple founder, but I’d certainly be way down the list. (Also read Richard Fernandez: "It's a Wonderful Life")

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When Science Is Wrong: The Threat of ‘Truth’ by Consensus

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 - by Walter Hudson

The potential derailment of Einstein reminds us of our limitations and man's finite knowledge.

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NASA’s ‘Shuttlyndra’ a Massive Waste of Tax Dollars

Monday, October 3rd, 2011 - by Rand Simberg

This is a tale of a government investment gone far awry.

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Is Texting the New Smoking?

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 - by Belladonna Rogers

PJAdvice columnist Belladonna Rogers on the powerful urge to stay in touch.

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Why President Obama Is Really No Worse than el Presidente Chávez

Monday, September 26th, 2011 - by Dan Miller

Here are some of the contrasting great leaps forward made or promised by these two astonishing leaders.

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From ‘Scandal-Free’ to Near Scandal Fatigue in Three Weeks

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 - by Tom Blumer

"Squeaky clean" no more — as if they ever were.

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