The science and research fields are alarmed by President Donald Trump's anti-science policies.  The White House would argue that it is pushing for  gold-standard science . What is that? The administration released their  MAHA Report , injecting politics into science. And in a “Gold Standard Science” executive order last week, President Donald Trump outlined a new level of oversight over what counts as quality evidence and what does not, putting “a senior appointee designated by the agency head” in charge of overseeing “alleged violations.” Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said in a briefing that the goal of the executive order is to “rebuild the American people’s confidence in the national science enterprise … the status quo of our research enterprise has brought diminishing returns, wasted resources and public distrust.” A petition led by the advocacy group Stand Up for Science with more than 5,000 signatories says th...

So how was our Seabourn Odyssey 53-day cruise?  Depends on who you ask.  My companion loved the journey, and made a hold for a future trip with Seabourn.  I thought it was mostly fine, but a bit too long.  The fantasy baseball season began a month ago and my three teams started poorly.  However, two are now in first place and the third in second, so can't really complain.   The following are mostly my views. A huge surprise is my weight.   After we returned to Honolulu, went shopping at Marukai to purchase some o-toro sashimi for the 15 Craigside-supplied Pork Tofu for dinner and other items to enhance in-house meals, I added a large bento of curry rice/garlic chicken, with a goodly amount of fat-inducing macaroni-mayonnaise salad.   I thought this would be my last splurge before re-going on a diet.  I weighed 152-155 pounds the week I left Honolulu for Sydney nearly two months ago.  After that lunch with beer, I weighed m...