June 2010
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FT.com / Technology - Google ditches Windows on... →
Jun 1st
May 2010
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...”
– Isaac Asimov
May 29th
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May 29th
May 29th
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May 28th
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Science-Based Medicine » Is Organic Food More... →
Apparently not. Who knows? Not me.
May 28th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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Op-Ed Columnist - Moonshine or the Kids? -... →
“There’s an ugly secret of global poverty, one rarely acknowledged by aid groups or U.N. reports. It’s a blunt truth that is politically incorrect, heartbreaking, frustrating and ubiquitous: It’s that if the poorest families spent as much money educating their children as they do on wine, cigarettes and prostitutes, their children’s prospects would be transformed. Much suffering is caused...
May 23rd
Birds turn their beaks up at organic food →
May 21st
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Clinton Condemns Attack on South Korean Ship -... →
“Among the options being considered by South Korean and American officials is a United Nations Security Council resolution…” ooooh, scary!
May 21st
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ReclaimPrivacy.org | Facebook Privacy Scanner →
A good way to monitor and modify your Facebook settings.
May 20th
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May 19th
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BBC News - Nato warship destroys pirate boats in... →
I love stories about pirates getting their comeuppance.
May 18th
BBC News - Toddlers who lie 'will do better' →
May 18th
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“I was putting Annie to bed and she said “Daddy look! The sun is coming up,...”
May 18th
May 12th
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May 12th
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Op-Ed Contributor - Why Arizona Had to Draw a Line... →
I am amazed at the misinformation out there about this bill. This article corrects many lies that are spreading.
May 12th
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Tax bills in 2009 at lowest level since 1950 -... →
“Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman’s presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found.”
May 12th
May 12th
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A history of false starts for US energy... →
* In 1974 with 36.1% of oil from foreign sources, President Richard Nixon said, “At the end of this decade, in the year 1980, the United States will not be dependent on any other country for the energy we need.” * In 1975 with 36.1% of oil from foreign sources, President Gerald Ford said, “We must reduce oil imports by one million barrels per day by the end of this year and by two million barrels...
May 12th
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The Moral Life of Babies - NYTimes.com →
“A growing body of evidence, though, suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life. With the help of well-designed experiments, you can see glimmers of moral thought, moral judgment and moral feeling even in the first year of life. Some sense of good and evil seems to be bred in the bone.”
May 11th
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May 9th
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Global Rich List →
May 5th
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British sniper nails two Taliban from world record... →
May 5th
May 5th
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A Sampling of Chinglish - Slide Show - NYTimes.com →
May 5th
May 4th
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10 Reasons To Delete Your Facebook Account →
Even though this article didn’t convince me to delete my Facebook account, it was convincing enough that I deleted all my personal information except for my name, Google Voice number, email and favorite author.
May 4th
Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline  →
May 4th
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Greece erupts as men from IMF prepare to wield axe... →
“Economists regard the bloated civil service with its jobs for life and generous pensions as a cancer consuming the country’s resources.” Sounds familiar.
May 2nd
BBC News - US youngsters are too fat to fight,... →
May 1st