Before I could give it much thought, several more e-mails rolled in.
"I am happy to see the shuttle's gone in one sense because what will replace it will give us much more interersting capabilities, but I'm also very sad to see it gone because it is the most beautiful spaceship that has ever been built, " he said.
You know, the evangelical community is much more diverse than I think people give them credit for.
If I try to explain to my elderly male patients why prostate cancer screening doesn't always help, or inform young adults that antibiotics aren't necessary for most sinus infections, it would take much more time than the 15 minutes that I can give for a routine office visit.
"I think the Fed has established a menu of things that will give them much more power than they've ever had before, " says Peter Wallison, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a former general counsel to the U.S. Treasury Department.
He has forced a series of votes against bills promoted by an assortment of local councils to regulate street pedlars, arguing that they discourage enterprise and give too much power to local authorities - and I imagine this will be more of the same.
Long-time readers will remember that I have a more nuanced view, and think US infrastructure is much better than critics give it credit for.
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This isn't to say that I would ever want to give up my computer, much less antibiotics, but it does argue for a more measured approach than the usual utopian fantasies in which we all indulge when a new technology rolls onto the scene.
"I have been looking at how we can be more cost effective and rather than spend that much on cones, I would much rather give that to front-line policing, " he said.
This morning at the gym I picked up a 25-pound weight and thought about how much more difficult it would be for me to give a keynote speech or walk through a big airport carrying it.
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