Some ideas and words I picked up while shifting through my RSS feeds today.
"Zombie doctrine" - an ideology that, though "it should be dead," just "keeps on coming." Paul Krugman I'm not qualified to comment upon economic ideology; I just thought this was a great combination of words.
"One other thing is clear: most of the time, the height of the storm is not the best time to predict next month's political weather." Robert Shrum
"'Suaviter in modo, foriter in re.' Gently in the manner, strongly in the substance." David Frum in this editorial from January. Reminds me of Teddy's "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Picked this up on Twitter from NY Times columnist Charles M. Blow.
"RTFA!" You can guess what it stands for by reading the comments posted to this Scientific American article. I feel dirty for encouraging people to read comments - they're depressing.
"Gluon." Now that I know what a gluon does, I realize how hilarious I think its name is.
Cool site I found while reading a SciAm article: http://governmentattic.org/
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