As I write this I'm stranded in Chicago, where I and many other people suffered travel upheaval yesterday due to severe thunderstorms in the area. But presumably at some point today I will get to New York, in time for the official Storm World book tour to kick off tomorrow with an appearance on Democracy Now. Tomorrow evening, I'll be speaking at this Barnes and Noble in NYC.
And then it really kicks into gear as I'm off to Raleigh on July 12th, Ft. Lauderdale July 13th, Miami July 14, Tampa July 15, Pass Christian, Mississippi July 16, New Orleans July 17, and Houston July 18. Eight talks in eight days. Details are all available here. If you're in any of these areas, I very much hope you can come out.
And that's just the first leg of the tour. I appear at Politics and Prose in D.C. on July 21, and then later stops take me to Boulder/Denver, Colorado, and back to Chicago for the science panel and caucus of the YearlyKos convention (the subject of a later post).
That's how it goes, you see. Sheril comes back from somewhere, and I immediately leave for somewhere else. But we're going to try to ensure that you have at least one stationary blogger here at (almost) all times.
Anyways, wish me luck on getting out of Chicago today to kick off the tour....
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There are worse places to be stranded than Chicago. Personally, I'd love to move back to Chicago at some point.
See you at Tattered Cover in Denver, Chris. I'll make sure you drink a beer with some color, sir.
Best,
D
With you stuck in Chicago and me stranded in Dulles.. what are the odds either of us makes Raleigh by Thursday?
Godspeed Chris.
Hope you manage to find a venue in Madison, WI.. :)
Good luck, Chris! This is off-topic, but I referred to you today in a post commemorating the anniversary of the Scopes Trial, because I suspect you know more about some of this than I do. Check it out if you have the time....Scott
Good timing for the tour: The Great Wall of Stupid is starting to develop great big cracks.
White House Is Accused of Putting Politics Over Science
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional committee today that top officials in the Bush administration repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political considerations.
Dr. Carmona, who served as surgeon general from 2002 to 2006, said White House officials would not allow him to speak or issue reports about stem cells, emergency contraception, sex education, or prison, mental and global health issues because of political concerns. Top administration officials delayed for years and attempted to "water down" a landmark report on secondhand tobacco smoke, he said in sworn testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
He was ordered to mention President Bush three times on every page of every speech he gave, Dr. Carmona said. He was asked to make speeches to support Republican political candidates and to attend political briefings, at least one of which included Karl Rove, the president's senior political adviser, he said.
And administration officials even discouraged him from attending the Special Olympics because, he said, of that charitable organization's longtime ties to the Kennedy family.
"I was specifically told by a senior person, 'Why would you want to help those people?' " Dr. Carmona said.
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have fun
o