John Tierney always wanted to be a scientist but went into journalism because its peer-review process was a great deal easier to sneak through. Now a columnist for the Science Times section, Tierney previously wrote columns for the Op-Ed page, the Metro section and the Times Magazine. Before that he covered science for magazines like Discover, Hippocrates and Science 86.
With your help, he's using TierneyLab to check out new research and rethink conventional wisdom about science and society. The Lab's work is guided by two founding principles:
1. Just because an idea appeals to a lot of people doesn't mean it's wrong. 2. But that's a good working theory.
Comments and suggestions are welcome, particularly from researchers with new findings. E-mail tierneylab@nytimes.com.
They don't even offer a version of the "printer friendly" printed page for Mr. Tierney's blog. He was one of the very small number of OpEd columnists to be bothered to look for in syndication, much pay the fee for Times Select. He was supposed to replace Bill Safire. IMHO, he's not long for the NY Times.
She didn't want to stop to pee?
I just saw this by a commenter on Ann Althouse's blog:
I packed the bags last night pre-flight
Zero hour nine a.m.
And I'm gonna be high --on Tang by ten
A shuttle berth's so tight I'm like his wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a diapered flight
And I think it's gonna be nine hundred miles
Some pepper spray as hot as shuttle tiles
A mallet, tubing, and some garbage bags
Oh no no no I'm a Rocket Ma'am
Rocket Ma'am burning out her fuse out here alone
Houston ain't the place to raise your kids
In fact it's hot as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you flip
And Colleen Shipman? I don't understand
Oefelein! I'm the super freak!
A Rocket Man --needs a Rocket Ma'am
And I think it's gonna be nine hundred miles...
Some pepper spray as hot as shuttle tiles
A mallet, tubing, and some garbage bags
I'm a Rocket Ma'am