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The buzz last week

April 24, 2006 by Michael Boyle

The buzz last week

was high about Neil Young’s upcoming protest album, and the most predictable nay-saying followed a pretty facile script: Neil Young is a drug-addled loser who clearly doesn’t know much about anything, blah blah blah. Today’s Video Dog clip with Young from some entertainment show clearly demonstrates that nothing could be further from the truth were Neil Young is concerned.

Tags: Music, US Politics

Jason Levine

January 31, 2006 by Michael Boyle

Jason Levine

is a physician and a long-time blogger who alerted readers today about states that are considering enacting so-called “Right of refusal” laws for physicians. Or, as he so aptly put it, “right to bigotry and discrimination” laws. The idea being bandied about is that physicians and allied health care professionals will be legally permitted to determine which parts of medicine/nursing/pharmacy they wish, independent of considerations such as, say, professional responsibility. Personally, I would strip any pharmacist or physician who refused to perform any approved procedure of their ability to continue to practice. Immediately.

Tags: US Politics

Wil Wheaton in Salon:

December 23, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Wil Wheaton in Salon:

The real war on Christmas.

Tags: US Politics

Everyone is (rightly) very upset

December 21, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Everyone is (rightly) very upset

about the news that broke last weekend that the US has been spying on American citizens without warrants or other judicial oversight for some time on the authority of the President alone. There are few commentaries better than Scott Rosenberg’s blog post that he published yesterday, if you’re interested in trying to figure out what this is all about.

Tags: US Politics

Cameron Barrett

September 4, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Cameron Barrett

on what Katrina teaches us about terrorism contingency planning and readiness.

Tags: US Politics

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