May 26, 2013
Cold Fusion Experiment Maybe Holds Promise … Possibly … Hang on a Sec ….
"But there’s buzz this week of a cold fusion experiment that has been replicated, twice. The tests have reportedly produced excess heat with roughly 10,000 times the energy density and 1,000 times the power density of gasoline." Yeah, well. We'll see. Added: Confirmation? More at Forbes, Extreme Tech, and Popular Science. More on how it works. Test criticism. More criticism. [rdbrewer]
Steven Hayward: In Praise of Slow Learners
Jonathan Turley just discovering the growth of the federal administrative bureaucracy ("the fourth branch") might be a problem. [rdbrewer]
Voyage into Volvulus
"Pro tip: If you look like anything at all like this when you reach the apex of your vacation, you are definitely doing it wrong." [rdbrewer]
John Sexton: Release the IG Report on Austan Goolsbee
"Former adviser to the President Austan Goolsbee was accused of looking into private tax records of White House critics. An IG investigation of the matter was completed two years ago but has never been released. Ten days ago, on Twitter, Goolsbee announced it was all a big mistake." [rdbrewer]
Hey, Washington Post . . .