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My history with drugs is possibly unique in my generation. A shining example of what Reagan’s War on Drugs was supposed to do, I have avoided all but the barest whiff of illegal drug activity, unless you count that coffee cocktail I had at Xando’s when I was 19 and all the cannabis I’ve smelled [...]

Terrified of the earth moving under their feet, people turn to science to reassure them. When science’s best efforts prove to not be good enough, said people send the scientists to jail. That’s not going to improve the already shaky field of seismology. (See what I did there?) How are they going to make science [...]

I wrote like a demon when I was a kid. It was my primary distraction in school, once I realized one would get in trouble for making paper clip sculptures but no one would care if you were furiously scribbling in a battered spiral bound notebook. I have crystal clear memories of sitting in a [...]

I don’t usually watch the Nobel countdown, though I know people who do. I pay attention during Nobel week though. I’d like to say it’s not just because I’m looking for people I know, but…it might be a little. This year I clicked over in a moment of idleness to see who’d won, and found [...]