What I’m Reading, Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Featured

• Alanna Shaikh: How I’m preparing to get Alzheimer’s | Video on TED.com

Science

• Higgs Boson Found? Without “God Particle,” No Galaxies—And No Life

Fast & Furious

• The National Memo » Slow And Pointless: What Darrell Issa’s Inquisition Won’t Dare To Mention
• What’s the Difference Between Truthers and Fasters? | Out in Left Field with Pat Johnston

Technology

• 5 Reasons for Technological Optimism | Humanizing Technology | Big Think

Economics & The Economy

• Vital Signs: Construction Spending Picks Up – Real Time Economics – WSJ

The Affordable Care Act

• Republicans Plan To Replace Obamacare With Obamacare | ThinkProgress
• Reagan Solicitor General Slams Chief Justice Roberts’ Health Care Opinion From The Left | ThinkProgress
• Daily Kos: Mitch McConnell: ‘About that full repeal nonsense’
• No, ‘Obamacare’ isn’t ‘the largest tax increase in the history of the world’ (in one chart)
• Arlen Specter: John Roberts was wrong on Commerce Clause – Darren Samuelsohn – POLITICO.com

Politics

• The Democratic politics of the late Andy Griffith – latimes.com

Climate & Climate Politics

• Eugene Robinson: Feeling the heat – The Washington Post

Critical Thinking

• Lamenting on the Uncritical Mind « New Anthropocene
• The sceptical mind: on Carl Sagan’s legacy « Watching the Deniers