Re: "Moving out of the hood -- My parents' choice to keep us out of black neighborhoods may have been one between living and dying, says Veronica-Marché Miller," last Sunday Points. I am so sorry for Miller's experience. Recently, I...
Re: "Building an artificial brain -- A group of scientists says it can create an accurate simulation of the human brain within 10 years, but Edwin Cartlidge is dubious," Sunday Points. The number of computing nodes in a human brain...
Re: "Fighting the undead -- Rod Dreher sees zombie conservatives at the schoolhouse door," Sunday Points, and "You Lie! Conservatives need to rein in this craziness, says William McKenzie," Friday Viewpoints. Thank you for printing these calm and rational conservative...
Re: "A session without a purpose -- State Sen. John Carona talks about 'Seinfeld' legislating, intra-party squabbles and his political future," last Sunday Points. The state gasoline tax is often tapped to fund items that have nothing to do with...
Re: "Unfettered comments online are just noise -- Without supervision, they shouldn't exist, says Mark Davis," last Sunday Points. Davis is a big-time radio and newspaper guy on the air talking to folks all over Texas on a multitude of...
If you could use a good end-of-week head shaking, check out this Time blog post by Karen Tumulty. She quotes G. Gordon Liddy, speaking about Sotomayor: LIDDY: Let's hope that the key conferences aren't when she's menstruating or something, or...
In Mark Davis' monthly column for Points, which appeared Sunday, he soundly thwacked online comments sections: I love the music of public opinion, but there are limits. Web sites may be interested in what every Joe and Jane thinks about...
Re: "Thoroughly Modern Marx -- As capitalism trembles, Leo Panitch revisits the 'Das Kapital' author's surprisingly relevant predictions about the downfall of the global financial system," last Sunday Points. It's curious that this piece and many of Panitch's other writings...
Emotion ed misses target Re: "The other kind of smart -- Drake Bennett asks: Is it time for schools to try to boost kids' emotional intelligence?" last Sunday Points. Embarrassing moments such as Bennett describes are a natural and normal...
Re: "The flipside of hope is fear -- There are legitimate things to worry about in Obama's presidency, says Fred Barnes," Sunday Points. Even though President Barack Obama has barely begun, Barnes is trotting out his party's favorite oldie: fear....
Re: "A fresh lesson on why Israel is so necessary -- Anti-Semites in Europe are again trying to terrorize Jews, says Rod Dreher. They must not succeed," Sunday Points.Dreher's column was right on target. We feel safe here in America,...
Anne Applebaum penned an interesting column, which is slated for inclusion in Points this Sunday, about the effect all these financial scandals are having on U.S. capitalism. Are we about to make the shift from a "high trust" culture to...
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