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You have some actual quotes of hers to back that up, do you?

The scientific method is about the people as well as the ideas. It would benefit educators and students if science was presented as more of a voyage of discovery and less as a bunch of boring facts to be learned by rote. Inasmuch as this book seems to be attempting to do this, it looks like a...

I wonder if she'd take a position in Obama's cabinet after saying that she'd be happy to have him in her cabinet or as her VP.

I think she'd be wasted as VP. IMO he'd be better off with Edwards as his VP.

Wasn't it something to do with a rainbow after Noah's Ark? When God decided that wiping out most of the human race might have been a bit of an overreaction to the behaviour of a species he'd created to behave that way in the first place? or something like that...

No such thing as a good morning...

If Rebecca counts (I've never been quite sure what category that book belongs in), that would be my favourite.

Stewart should definitely be legalised. So should marijuana - or at least it should be taken out of this ridiculous limbo where it can't be taken off the naughty list until it's been tested for medical efficacy and shown to be useful but it can't be tested for medical efficacy because it's on...

I'm less tolerant of the "we should respect other people's religious beliefs" idea than I used to be. I think Douglas Adams had a good point when he said, "Now, the invention of the scientific method and science is, I'm sure we'll all agree, the most powerful intellectual idea, the most powerful...

I think McCain's attitude to the war and the economy are quite alarming. However, he seems to be the most personable of the three candidates, and that seems to count for a lot in presidential elections. The more outgoing and apparently friendly president has won the last goodness knows how many...

Between us, my husband and I subscribe to The Economist, Science, Nature, New Scientist, and Majesty. I pick up copies of Newsweek when the cover story looks interesting, but we've never got round to subscribing. I've also got some sort of online subscription-type access to Scientific American...

Well, up until a fairly short time ago, if I'd been able to vote I would have been inclined to vote for her. Now I'm not sure. I still think she has a better grasp on policy issues, but then a good president isn't a lone operator. If Obama becomes president, brings some talented people into the...

I've heard a lot over the last months of "we don't want Clinton back in the White House," and I'm still trying to figure out when his presidency was declared to be such a disaster. I'm also quite interested in what seems to be a really visceral hatred toward Hillary by some people. For over a...

Of course you can't. They're just adorable...

Reminds me of the comment ascribed to a US Congressman during a debate on making English the official language of the USA: "If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for me." I hope this is one of those urban legends, but when you think of some of the people in Congress...

There have been reports about how aspen groves and elk herds in Yellowstone are healthier since the reintroduction of wolves. Presence Of Wolves Allows Aspen Recovery In Yellowstone It looks as though the states around Yellowstone can't wait for wolf numbers to rise far enough that they...

Which one is the Stewart option?

I've read a couple of his earlier books and been very impressed with them. Fareed Zakaria was on The Daily Show yesterday, talking about this latest book. I'm glad to see he feels somewhat encouraged by the future, but he seems to be much more a citizen of the world than an American-centric...

Do you mean this thread? http://www.bookandreader.com/forums/suggestions-voting-archive/16291-june-2008-book-group-suggestions.html

Oh - right. Sorry, Pontalba. I know the feeling - I use the ID Albion at quite a few sites and am forever being referred to as "he."