On November 16, while listening to the radio, I was mesmerized by Howard Dully's audio coverage of what he found out about his own lobotomy at the age of 12 by Dr. Walter Freeman. This is powerful stuff—and I'm in awe of how even-handed Dully is in his reporting.
Pure genius.
A lot depends on how you define "diagnose." A new study in <I>Nature</I> reveals that relatives of the autistic exhibit many of the same brain abnormalities without having the disorder.
In 1987, one out of every 10,000 children was diagnosed with autism; in 2003, it was one out of every 166. How well has the press handled the story of a vaccine's potential involvement? Not so well, argues <I>CJR</I>.
Kong, <I>King</I> Kong.
Camus was a scorpio.
So, I figured I should sit down and do some serious listening. [<i>Hee hee. That cracks me up.</i>]
Well, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project could change the world, which is pretty much the same thing.
A lot of these are fugly, but I bet any <I>Stereophile</I> reader worth his (or her) salt has seen much worse flipping through yard sales.
David Berlind makes the case.