Joshua Lederberg

Life's a hobby.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.

If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that.

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.