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A common chemical found in food and cosmetics has been shown to protect monkeys against HIV infection, raising hopes that a similar treatment can be developed for humans. A team of researchers has identified a compound that, when applied as a gel, appears to block the simian version of HIV from being transmitted between monkeys […]

Obama dismisses the “chatter on the cable stations,” but Michael Scherer accuses the the admin of feeding it by purposefully pushing the Rush Limbaugh non-story. “[T]his entire controversy has been cooked up and force fed to the American people by Obama’s advisers … it’s not the kind of change you can believe in.”

The Washington press corps, presumably bored with the lack of interesting stories about things going on, devotes a story of some length to the increasingly salty nature of the President’s hair, a mere six weeks into office. The presidency does age a man, yes. So does the economy, foreign policy, and Jake Tapper.

All these highbrow conservative attacks on Limbaugh keep missing the point. 1) There is a certain sort of genius there that can do 15 hours of talk per week, ad hoc, and hold an audience of 20 million plus for over 20 years. There are about one or two others out of some 300 million […]