I think "appears to be self inflicted" was added to the original article about 30 minutes ago - after this article was published.

There is such a weird disconnect about clothing and body size here and it is related to this idea of "real".

Lindzen is an interesting skeptic to bring up because he does believe that man-made greenhouse gases are warming the climate. However, he has a theory that the earth will auto-correct this warming (the Iris theory) and so climate alarmism is unwarranted (i.e. we don't need to make any changes because nothing very bad…

I don't disagree that there are some vocal & intelligent critics of global warming - I was responding to your claim that there isn't majority agreement on the issue among the scientific community.

Most scientists definitely agree that global warming is happening and is man-made - in fact no major national or international body of scientists disagrees with this claim. The most recent three surveys (2007, 2010, 2011) of national and international climate scientists (this included geologists, climatologists,…

I didn't say that. By actual water levels I mean global warming and resultant sea level rise (as compared to the water in your metaphor). I'm more concerned with global warming as a potential economic/social catastrophe than the national debt.

Gotcha. You didn't list debt in your original post, and maybe that's why I didn't see you lining up with the Republicans but it's obviously really important to you.

I'm an independent too, but I tend to favor Dems or third party candidates. I'm really curious about your choice to support Republicans based on these issues.

Except for the fact we've been running huge deficits ever since Reagan and haven't reaped any consequences until the sequester. The cure is worse than the illness.

No way. I was 100% Lisa Frank back in 1986.

Thank you! I'm happy that you think I should decide. For now, I just want women to stop taking their husbands' names.

The idea that getting married changes your identity feels fundamentally anti-feminist to me.

She's bound to get at least three if not four names. (her dad to be is William Arthur Philip Louis, her great grandma Elizabeth Alexandra Mary). I like Elizabeth & Diana as middle names too - but Philippa might also get in there in honor of Dad, Aunt and great Grandpa, or Georgiana in honor of George VI.

Yes. I didn't see your, comment so I posted it above, but dog makes so much more sense.

Isn't it possible that she stopped herself from saying "dog"? I mean, dogs love teddy bears - but the giver might have been insulted by that.

I would be so much more into the idea of having a baby if this were still a socially acceptable practice.

Our immuno-responses are very complex and not well understood. All of these things (diet, bacteria, inflammation etc) are interconnected. A diet that is causing inflammation may also increase acne (which is essentially an over-active immuno-response on the skin) - but a probiotic skin treatment might also still help.

It's also been around online for at least 3 years and people have claimed it was a menu from San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Almost the exact same thing happened to me. About eight years ago, I made a list as a result of a bad relationship - most of the were a direct response to dating an irresponsible, unfaithful, alcoholic musician for years. It had 12 things on it (for some reason I thought that was a reasonable number) and I decided…

Also - I think E.L. Doctorow, Cormac McCarthy and Denis Jonson are better writers than Roth, Pynchon or DeLillo. I'm certainly not bothered by reading men.