Discover a new way to find and share stories you'll love… Learn about Reading Desk

Post Profile



Fewer Lawyers In Congress. More Scientists.

John Allen Paulos makes the case: Among the 435 members of the House, for example, there are one physicist, one chemist, one microbiologist, six engineers and nearly two dozen representatives with medical training. The case of doctors and the body...
read more

share

John Boehner: 'Some Of The Dumbest People' In America Are In Congress

Politics : Business Insider: Politix (last year)

House Majority Leader John Boehner gave a very relaxed interview to the Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan over the weekend. Maybe too relaxed. Here's the money quote: "We got 435 members. It's just a slice of America, it really is.... Read Post

Meet the Press Admits Its Irrelevance, Lack of Creativity with Go-To Guest John McCain

US Politics / Liberal : Crooks and Liars (last year)

There are 311,000,000 Americans living in this country. There are 100 senators representing those 311 million Americans. There are 435 voting members in the House of Representatives, six non-voting members. There are dozens of livin... Read Post

Why Don’t Americans Elect Scientists?

Odd : Neatorama (last year)

John Allen Paulos of The New York Times' opinion column Campaign Stops ponders noted that amongst the 435 members of the House of Representatives, there are only one physicist, one chemist, one microbiologists, six engineers. Why, h... Read Post


Copyright © 2011 Regator, LLC