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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
I know it sounds like a quibble, but in these times of scientific mushiness and faith-based policy decisions, it's important to keep straight a few basic scientific facts. An isotope of one element is never a different element. Thus calling Polonium an isotope of Uranium is wrong. It is radioactive and is an isotope, but of Polonium, which is more commonly of the 209 atomic weight.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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