June 2010
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FT.com / Technology - Google ditches Windows on... →
May 2010
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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...
– Isaac Asimov
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Science-Based Medicine » Is Organic Food More... →
Apparently not. Who knows? Not me.
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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...
Birds turn their beaks up at organic food →
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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!
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ReclaimPrivacy.org | Facebook Privacy Scanner →
A good way to monitor and modify your Facebook settings.
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BBC News - Nato warship destroys pirate boats in... →
I love stories about pirates getting their comeuppance.
BBC News - Toddlers who lie 'will do better' →
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I was putting Annie to bed and she said “Daddy look! The sun is coming up,...
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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.
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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.”
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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...
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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.”
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Global Rich List →
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British sniper nails two Taliban from world record... →
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A Sampling of Chinglish - Slide Show - NYTimes.com →
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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.
Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline →
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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.
BBC News - US youngsters are too fat to fight,... →