Daily Circuit

We'll talk about premature aging in military veterans, the effect fathers' health has on their children and the business of garbage.
Defense spending, sequencing genes, and the visions of 2012 from 1987's science fiction writers.
"The longer I teach, the more I find myself detaching and feeling almost clinical in it."
Where are you going to retire?
Should you stay put?
The Romney video and the reaction
"He isn't artful enough to ad-lib and wing it. Romney, take note: Obama's use of a Teleprompter is more about effective message discipline than about a weakness of the president."
"To a degree we are uncomfortable admitting, America's weight problem has to do with laziness and childishness."
The Chicago teachers' strike, government size, and stay-tirement.