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Thanks To Fox News’ Keith Ablow, “Ex-Gay” Pseudoscience Is Still Alive And Well
On Friday, the New York Times published a story profiling Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, a prominent psychiatrist who recently retracted and apologized for a study he conducted in 2003 which purported to demonstrate that some people actually could change their sexual orientation through therapy. In a recent letter to Dr. Ken Zucker, the editor of the journal that published [...]
Continue reading...Brett Kimberlin Harasses Stacy McCain By Contacting His Wife’s Employer
23 May 2012 – 12:23 am PDT
Stacy McCain: Convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin on Monday continued his effort to silence those who write about his criminal past by contacting my wife’s employer, claiming that I was “harassing” him. The resulting security concern required immediate relocation if I was to be able to continue writing about the case of Kimberlin, a violent felon, [...]
Continue reading...Expeditors takes on the lawyers (again)…
23 May 2012 – 12:23 am PDT
For the most part, being a footnoted frequent flyer is a lot like winning our annual Footnote of the Year contest: Not something sane investors should want for companies in their portfolios. And yet there’s one exception: Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD). The company’s filings are quirky, opinionated, irascible, often funny — and, most importantly, in [...]
Continue reading...Meanwhile in Chicago
23 May 2012 – 12:23 am PDT
A lot of empty stores and restaurants near the site of the NATO summit while protestors in the streets chant “Bombs are dropping. No more shopping.” Most employers in the office buildings near the site operated with skeleton staffs if at all while most of their employees worked from home. Could this be a model [...]
Continue reading...Hello, I must be going.
23 May 2012 – 12:23 am PDT
[Posted by Karl] Last week, I informed Pat of my decision to reduce my blogging and take a hiatus from Patterico after a run of a bit over three years. In recent weeks, I have had an unusual amount of work coming in the door. Even more recently, it seems I have some reason to [...]
Continue reading...Brett Kimberlin’s Latest “Peace Order” Against Aaron Walker Is Retaliation for Truthful Speech
23 May 2012 – 12:23 am PDT
The last time Brett Kimberlin was in a Maryland court trying to get a peace order against Aaron Walker, the judge told him in no uncertain terms that people are allowed to truthfully criticize others in America. The judge explained to Kimberlin that truthful criticism is not the basis for a peace order. Now Kimberlin [...]
Continue reading...Delta acquires 88 717s from Southwest
23 May 2012 – 12:23 am PDT
This is a big, big deal that will have a lot of impact on how we fly. What happened: Delta Air Lines has an agreement in principle to sublease the 88 Boeing 717s that AirTran currently flies. Southwest, of course, recently acquired AirTran. The deal is subject to approval by Delta’s pilots as part of [...]
Continue reading...Trending policy issues
23 May 2012 – 12:23 am PDT
Or state issues that are currently in the news and whether they will stay there. Fracking: One of the biggest state policy issues at the moment is whether the state should allow drilling for natural gas using including hydraulic fracturing aka fracking. How long fracking remains a big deal though will depend in large part [...]
Continue reading...The government’s overhead
23 May 2012 – 12:23 am PDT
I have been asking questions of departments to see how they are getting on with their plans to cut the government overhead. So far I have only had two replies. The Overseas Aid Department tells me they have increased their staff from 2357 in 2010 to 2512 now, a net increase of [...]
Continue reading...The Energy Secretary wants to keep the lights on – at a price
23 May 2012 – 12:22 am PDT
After fifteen years of dithering about nuclear energy policy we learned yesterday that the UK can carry on running its exisiting fleet of nuclear power stations for longer. The safety case will be examined reactor by reactor, but the mood is to lengthen their lives yet again. It’s certainly a cheap and immediate [...]
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23 May 2012 – 12:26 am PDT
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