I'd pay an extra $20 for a ticket that included NO security screening. Yes, I'd pay extra to take my chances on a plane where no one had security screening. If we had that sort of option, perhaps enough people would choose it to send the right message. 

Natalie, I was thinking more along the lines that the researchers claim they can no longer provide the original, unmodified data. Thus, there is no way to actually double check their work. However, the question about reliability of instruments is an interesting one. 

In this case, I believe her. 

Turner, the author of the linked article, wasn't responding to the book. He was responding to the NPR interview. I must confess that I thought it was a weak interview for Jonah compared to the other times I've heard him discuss the book.

Still, I would love to hear this fellow sit down with Dennis Prager or Michael Medved and talk through this issues he raises in his column. I suspect that would be enlightening. 

No chance this would be winked at. A polygamist would be  excommunicated for sure. There are people in splinter groups that might refer to themselves as Mormons, but they aren't part of the same institution as Mitt Romney.

The FAIR-LDS site has some thorough research on the topic. They are obviously coming at this with a pro-Mormon bias, but they don't cover stuff up, either. 

Of course, this sort of information won't sway anyone who is already inclined to believe that Mitt and Mormons are weird, since it has been shown that people don't think logically about politics. 

Oh, come on. You're telling me you wouldn't go if invited?

I endorse these suggestions. It would be nice to be able to tell at a glance what I've already read and which conversations have new comments since I last loaded it. I feel like I have to leave multiple conversations open in separate tabs so that I can refresh them periodically to look for new comments. Once I close the tab, I rarely go back to see what else has been said. That means I'm probably missing a lot of good stuff. 

Mark DeMoss, a conservative, started something called the "civility project" with a simple pledge to agree to be civil. He was disgusted by the bile spewed against President Obama on the eve of his inauguration, much like Bush had been vilified before him. He wanted to do something about the problem, so we wrote a small pledge, got Lanny Davis (a prominent Democrat) to endorse it, and sent it to 585 congressmen and sitting governors. Here's the whole thing. 

1. I will be civil in my public discourse and behavior. 2. I will be respectful of others whether or not I agree with them. 3. I will stand against incivility when I see it.

How many were willing to sign? Three. After two years, DeMoss gave up on the project. You can hear a forum address he gave on the subject here if you're inclined.

I live in Utah and I'll be supporting Dan Liljenquist to replace Hatch. I appreciate that Hatch has done many good things, but it is time for a new face. From what I've seen of Dan, he is a classy guy and he has a great head on his shoulders. He'll do us proud.

I heard her speak once and I was really impressed. She's had a front row seat to a lot of important history and that experience is certainly worth something.

I have a post sitting in my word processor that parallels this LA Times article so closely, I'm wondering if they are spying on me. :)  I'd planned to title my post, "A Non-Mormon's Guide to Mitt's Church Service." I think if people understood what it meant to be a Mormon bishop or stake president, the charges that Romney has "no core" would ring hollow.

The excellent site, Book of Odds, is devoted to helping us understand all the various probabilities and how we sometimes fear low probability things. For example, they wrote about how you are twice as likely to be killed by a falling vending machine than you are to be killed by a shark attack. 

Connie Schultz had an interview with Howard Kurtz where she denies any wrongdoing. In fairness, she was apparently a columnist rather than a reporter which usually changes the objectivity standard a bit.

I don't mind members of the press having opinions and biases. We can't have robots as journalists. I think (as I think Tim Groseclose said in his interview with Peter) that we need to have disclosure. These reporters should mention the connection each time they report on something related. 

Well, that's part of the tactic of a sting, isn't it? To give them enough rope, so to speak. The problem isn't that we tried a sting operation. It is that we didn't keep control of it. 

Interesting experience. I have been chalking up the shorter than expected life span of my CFL bulbs to the odd electrical wiring in my older home. My friends report they are experiencing longer bulb life than I am. My experience matches yours.