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2009-12-23T05:49:03-05:00

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More historical forensics

Last updated on: December 23, 2009 at 5:49 am By Gene Veith

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Forensics experts have reconstructed the faces of other historical figures, just as they did St. Nicholas (see yesterday’s post), based on study of their skulls. Here is Copernicus: Here is Pharoah Tutankhamun: Here is possibly Phillip II of Macedon, Alexander the Great’s one-eyed father (though the identification has been disputed and is possibly that of Phillip III who succeeded Alexander): Read more

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2009-12-23T05:15:43-05:00

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Buying the votes for the Health Care bill

Last updated on: December 23, 2009 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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It wasn’t just Ben Nelson who sold his vote for the Health Care bill. Senator after Senator did. Dana Milibank reports: Formally, it is known as H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But this week, it has acquired an unhelpful nickname: “Cash for Cloture.” As Senate Democrats finally complete their health-care legislation, those combing through the bill have uncovered many backroom deals that were made to buy, er, secure the 60 votes needed to "invoke cloture" —... Read more

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2009-12-23T05:00:54-05:00

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When those who agree can’t agree

Last updated on: December 23, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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The Copenhagen summit called by the United Nations to put together a global response to global warming ended without an agreement. BBC asks Why did Copenhagen fail to deliver a climate deal? and goes on to propose some answers: The summit failed to deliver a way to halt dangerous climate change About 45,000 travelled to the UN climate summit in Copenhagen – the vast majority convinced of the need for a new global agreement on climate change. So why did... Read more

2009-12-22T06:00:09-05:00

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What St. Nicholas (a.k.a. “Santa Claus”) actually looked like

Last updated on: December 22, 2009 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Forensic experts have done their number on the skull of St. Nicholas of Myra and have reconstructed what this notable 4th century Christian–who slapped Arius at the Council of Nicea and was famous for his generosity to poor children– must have actually looked like: The thing is, he looks pretty much the way our cultural imagination thought he would look! I mean, dress him in a red suit and put a pointy cap on his head, and you’ve got our... Read more

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2009-12-22T05:47:37-05:00

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Climategate and Wikipedia

Last updated on: December 22, 2009 at 5:47 am By Gene Veith

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More climate research manipulation, this time on the most used and the most easily-abused source of popular information, Wikipedia: The Climategate Emails describe how a small band of climatologists cooked the books to make the last century seem dangerously warm. The emails also describe how the band plotted to rewrite history as well as science, particularly by eliminating the Medieval Warm Period, a 400 year period that began around 1000 AD. The Climategate Emails reveal something else, too: the enlistment... Read more

2009-12-22T05:00:38-05:00

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Democrats squabbling and buying votes for the Health Care Reform Bill

Last updated on: December 22, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Here is a fascinating article on the battles that are brewing among Democrats over the Health Care Reform bill, now that a delicately compromised Senate bill will have to be reconciled with a delicately–but differently–compromised House bill. The story contains this tidbit, the price Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb) extorted in order to compromise his pro-life convictions: Nelson, who got the federal government to pick up the cost of any Medicaid expansion under the health reform bill in the state of... Read more

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2009-12-21T05:59:47-05:00

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The blizzard of ’09

Last updated on: December 21, 2009 at 5:59 am By Gene Veith

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On Friday night, we had nearly a foot of snow, and then on Saturday it just kept snowing, with wind and whiteout conditions creating a true blizzard, and when it was over we had another foot. I don’t remember getting this much snow in such a short time even when we lived in Wisconsin. It set records for the D.C. area. Here is our car, with my pickup in the background: We had stocked up with provisions and had nowhere... Read more

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2009-12-21T05:45:01-05:00

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Snow and Redemption

Last updated on: December 21, 2009 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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The snow reminds me of an image in Milton’s Ode on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity, in which he associates the work of Christ with the snow of winter, which covers up the dead ground with a mantle of purity, just like Christ covers our sins and the sins of the world. Nature, he says, at the season of Christ’s birth will “hide her guilty front with innocent Snow.” What our yard looks like. What our sins look like to... Read more

Ode on the morning of Christ's Nativity

2009-12-21T05:15:51-05:00

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What the Senate did with abortion in the Health Care bill

Last updated on: December 21, 2009 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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To placate pro-life Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the Senate worked out this compromise in the Health Care Reform bill: Under the new abortion provisions, states can opt out of allowing plans to cover abortion in the insurance exchanges the bill would set up. The exchanges are designed to serve individuals who lack coverage through their jobs, with most receiving federal subsidies to buy insurance. Enrollees in plans that cover abortion procedures would pay with separate checks — one for... Read more

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2009-12-21T05:00:26-05:00

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Climategate scandal gets a Russian front

Last updated on: December 21, 2009 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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New fronts are opening up in the Climategate scandal. One is a Russian front. A Russian research agency claims that climate scientists ignored data from that country’s vast landmass and instead cherry-picked evidence to make it look like Russia provided evidence for manmade global warming. Actually, the Russian evidence suggests otherwise. Here is an account, and you can follow the links: On Tuesday, we heard via the Ria Novosti agency that the Moscow-based Institute of Economic Analysis (IEA) issued a... Read more

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