string theory for the layman

The World on a String: Physicist Brian Greene explains what may turn out to be a unifying theory of everything in the cosmos

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What lawmakers seem to be saying is that a woman and a pregnant woman are not the same thing.

What we are seeing in this country is an initiative that will eventually leave pregnant women with fewer rights than a non-pregnant woman. (Of course, married women have the most rights--erm, privileges--of all.)

For the women:

When you hear the phrase "good girl", what does that mean for you? How do you feel about that phrase? Were you ever exhorted to be a "good girl"?

Dick Clarke is officially my new hero.

"But when I had spoken out, when I said, 'Invading Iraq after 9/11 is like invading Mexico after Pearl Harbor,' that didn't go over well and I was very quickly sidelined as someone whose opinions were going to be taken into account."

Meet the Press: Transcript for March 28

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Oh, and in case you missed Condi's interview on 60 Minutes last night, here it is.

My jaw dropped at some points during the interview. That woman can lie with the best of them.