From Bloomberg: Doctors have long known autism runs in families. Now, scientists have scanned DNA from 1,168 families with multiple cases, the largest such group ever assembled, and identified gene variants that could one day spur treatments for a disorder that leaves about 1 in 150 U.S. children uncommunicative, cut off emotionally from the world around them. The findings, announced [yesterday], include a deleted gene, called neurexin 1, that enables

Murtha:  “HOW DARE I QUESTION MY PATRIOTISM!”* **** update:  “Did I really say Okinawa?  Because if so, I blame the bad acid Fonda sold me.”

Dan already wrote eloquently about the absurdity of Glenn Greenwald’s(’s) recent attack on the Victory Caucus, but, after having finally gotten around to reading it myself, I think a few more words are in order.  Luckily, I already wrote them and placed them in the comments to Dan’s original post, so I don’t have to do a whole lot of additional work here—which is fortunate, because Greenwald(s) himself isn’t worth

I read with great satisfaction this story about the NCAA forcing the University of Illinois to drop its racist team mascot, Chief Illiniwek.  This welcome development was mostly due to the tireless work of the same attorney who has been pursuing the Washington Redskins for the past few years.  In the spirit of this important ruling, I offer my own abbreviated list of offensive team mascots that need to be

Go get your coffee, first.  I want you to savor this. From Tom Gilroy at the HuffPo, who is outraged by the Swiftboating of the blogresses hired by Edwards’ staff and who blames Rove, Rove, ROVE! and Donohue, Donohue, DONOHUE! for what’s happened, forgetting the possible role of a certain Democratic campaign staffer in helping to bring the issue to the MSM.  It also turns out that the New Testament

The reason I ask is that the WaPo editorial board disapproves of Rep. Jack Murtha’s “slow-bleed” scheme for Iraq: He would stop the surge by crudely hamstringing the ability of military commanders to deploy troops. In an interview carried Thursday by the Web site MoveCongress.org, Mr. Murtha said he would attach language to a war funding bill that would prohibit the redeployment of units that have been at home for

Vacuity: The final frontier.

I got nothin’, I just love the lede. A landlady who swore at two lesbian police officers fondling in her public house – The Old Cock – has been cleared of a public order offence.

Yesterday, subbing for O’Reilly, Michelle Malkin expressed skepticism regarding Barbara Boxer’s proposed “Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights.” There then issued an outpouring of love and well-wishes in the comments section thereto devoted at Think Progress (where thinking would mark progress). Personally, I’d like for Patrick Leahy to sponsor a fast food drive-through customers’ bill of rights. What other consumers’ bills of rights do you think that our legislators ought to

as much as I hate Bush! h/t Reynolds Sad news, guys. If you’re not Sparta the solution, you’re . . . Who was behind the Edwards blogresses hires?