An analysis of recent polling data. Yes, things don't look so good for Obama and the Democrats at the moment. I will be especially interested to see what happens in the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. If the GOP wins in Virginia, the Democrats will be able to excuse that one, since Virginia still has a lot of conservatives. If the GOP wins in New Jersey, however, that one will be hard to explain.

Some doctors are worried about health reform.

You may have heard about the Iranians agreeing to a plan to ship uranium to be enriched in Russia. I suspected that this was just another delaying tactic. This story seems to confirm my suspicion.

While our leaders in Washington act like the Mob, the public grows more cynical.

Save the planet, eat your dog. Really, read it, and tremble (or laugh) at the growing lunacy of the climate change debate.

Soupy Sales, dead at 83.

Officials in Great Britain are trying to do something about their culture of binge drinking. Having had some encounters with British soldiers when I was serving in the U.S. Army in Germany, I can tell you that if they are at all representative of young people in Britain, and the story I have linked to above would seem to indicate that is the case, then it is a real problem, indeed, and has been a problem for a long time.

Paul Krugman explains why the Chinese are causing problems with how they handle their currency. I expect the Chinese to continue to do what they believe is in their national interest, no matter how much suffering it causes to those of us here, or people elsewhere, for that matter.