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As a lecturer in political science research methods I always emphasize to my students the importance of dialogue within a community of academic researchers, social or otherwise, through the sharing and critical discussion of research. I believe as much is said in college texts on the matter. So why are the researchers in this news article below surprised at the progress made on identifying markers that give a broad profile of Alzheimer's disease that in turn will help in its treatment? Check the link to the article and keep reading afterwards, From The New York Times: Rare Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer's. The key to a collaborative Alzheimer's project was an ambitious agreement to share all the data, making every single finding public immediately. http://nyti.ms/9u3Ly3 One has to wonder the kind of anomic societies we live in, where scientists and researchers are not able to communicate nor share data and/or findings based on the selfish lure of financial g...

Wow! How is this surprising? Are democrats really that naive? Well...now they're going to have to talk to voters with their mouths, and think with their brains...oooohhhhhh! It is unbelievable how a party, unable to unite towards a few policy objectives, articulate a coherent discourse, and refusing to engage in public debate by allowing conservative opposition to dictate its terms, pin their hopes on just an economic turnabout. It's politics, you imbeciles! And you're realizing that detrimentally late. Check the link below.    Democrats Face Economic Facts: Updraft Unlikely http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703418004575456032134447578.html

This blog post by the DailyKos assessing Obama's form of governing is perhaps one of the most accurate I've read. Check the link below, Daily Kos: Obama's biggest mistake It is indeed one of his biggest mistakes. To think of separating politics from governing, especially a this extraordinary juncture, is political self-immolation (I don't want to say political suicide yet, though it increasingly looks like it; I shall wait for the mid-terms). In a polity such as the United States in 2010 to assume the reins of a government in a society so polarized, playing "hardball" or "politicking" is implied. The excellent communicator that he is, Barack Obama, Robert Gibbs and others in the administration should have worked tirelessly the air and television waves not allowing conservatives and the right-wing lunatic fringe to set the terms of the policy debate. This is, thus, a self-inflicted wound that has begun to show first signs of infection. I hope th...