Obit: Pakistani activist Sabin Mahmud; medical skepticism; immune boosters - for real?; raising kids, Ivy Leage twit factories

Current Events

Investigative journalist Joe Rubin returns to talk about issues he has gotten involved with

Obit: Jack Ely of Louie Louie fame, is fire the source of "entertainment"?, mammogram confusions, follies in CSI and "Citizens United", 1965 in music

Current Events, Wall St imitates "Minority Report"; Attack Iran? - don't be a moron, 47 Republican dopes in US Senate

The Greeks: hopeless financial cheaters, excerpt from book "1493: leads to Doug's amecdote from Potosi, Bolivia; "chemosynthesis - its not just at deep sea vents, its everywhere; still more onbacterial ingenuity

Jeb Bush - "liberal"; almond/water math; The Economist weighs in on CA's water pricing stupidity, more on color vision; Sex - not a "drive" says nutty PhD

Current Events; Chowchilla kidnapper parole, appropriately negative reviews of Psychiatry: the Untold Story, Saudi misbehavior, Moliere in Berkeley book

Investigative reporter Joe Rubin talks about Sacramento's water meter scandal (which he uncovered) and efforts to make city governent e-mails vanish

Mini Obit: the great Stan Freberg, a discussion of some trenchant articles about Jerry Brown's fiddling while Rome burns (telling the citiizens WE are the water problem, not the users who squander 80% of the state's H20)