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...When he mentioned the idea for Bee Movie to Spielberg in 2003, "I was just trying to make witty conversation," says Seinfeld. "It was never my intention to make the movie." He said yes, however, when DreamWorks Animation offered him complete control, and he thought it sounded fun to get together some former Seinfeld writers to work with him on the script. "We had a blast," he says. Plus, computer animation "just felt so different. What if I can be funny this way? I just kind of got sucked...
...During your presidency, your energy policies were not very popular. Would the country be in better shape if we had adopted the policies you endorsed? -Ronald McGee, Anchorage Yes, of course. When I was elected, we were importing 9 million bbl. of oil per day. Within just a few years, we ?reduced that to 7 million bbl. per day. Now we're back up to 13 million...
...Barnes in Massillon, OhioI really tried to separate the two in the campaign. I never had any religious services in the White House. The first time that religion was injected seriously into the political game was when John Kennedy ran back in 1960. I think that candidates can say, 'Yes I do have faith. This is my belief, but when I get into office I will treat all Americans exactly the same whether they have my religion or no religion...
...question in medicine this days is, when do we abandon a procedure we know works really well in favor of a new one that may work better? Medicine 2.0 often involves incremental improvement of things we're already pretty good at - making things safer or faster, more reliable and, yes, more attractive to patients. That last one, called "patient acceptance" by the industry, is a huge factor in our for-profit, marketing-driven world. But should patients, even really bright patients, who read every word on the Internet about their afflictions, be driving such choices...
...testing required under the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the controversial legislation currently under review by Congress. Is the enormous attention being paid to reading and math - often to the detriment of other subjects - paying dividends? The NAEP results released this morning provide a modest yes: scores are up slightly, more convincingly in math than in reading. But both fans and foes of NCLB will find support for their positions in the latest results...