Back of the Envelope

Old Post: I originally talked about the Roe effect below . It took me all day to do this, which explains why this is the only post toda...

It looks like even sentient slime molds have beat me to blogging.

James Taranto at Best of the Web on Opinion Journal has been talking about the Roe effect for a while now: Our theory is that abortion ...

My own web-published fiction inspired Dave at Doc Rampage to post some of his own . Unfortunately, it's only a small segment, but it...

Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review is wondering who first came up with the Hatch Amendment proposal, himself or James Taranto of Best of t...

Old Post: My last post on this issue is here . Eugene Volokh of the Volokh Conspiracy has come out in support of Orrin Hatch's Fed...

Old Post: I first pointed out that this election year provides an opportunity for Bush to make inroads with African-Americans here . Yet...

This week's Carnival of the Bush Bloggers is up on Blogs for Bush . See what the Bush bloggers have to say about recent issues. My pos...

Ralph Nader is coming to the University of Rochester, where I work, to speak about Consumer Advocacy on March 24th. Normally, I'd rathe...

Doc Rampage has given me my very first online review of Fire . He liked it. Fire is free, and will likely remain so forever (or at least...

I was going to comment on President Bush's Bioethics Council, but then I thought I should start closer to home. I have a Ph.D. in Ele...

Dave Barry's newest column takes on the budget deficit in a convenient question and answer format: Q. But surely we -- the baby boome...

Old Post: This train of thought started below . Doc Rampage joked a bit about how much traffic I get in a comment . I'm hardly high...

Here's a quick review of the topics I touched on the previous week. Quantum Computation -- I finally introduce the topic of quantum ...

This post was written on May 11, 2004. The timestamp was set to put this post at the top of this page in the archives, since this seems to ...

And once again, I take a break from the usual politics to talk about webcomics. Sluggy Freelance -- Pete draws a huge, beautiful Sunday...

One of the fun parts about having a blog is all the tools that link blogs together. One thing that I like to do is check out all the places...

I've been writing some fiction recently. As usual, it's hard to get started, but difficult to stop myself once I get going. Today...

Old Post: It looks like I was onto something . The opposition to gay marriage among Black churches is growing . As I suggested earlier,...

Old Post: I first discussed quantum computation in this blog here . I'd like to take a moment to expand on the subject of quantum co...