Blog for Choice: Today is Blog for Choice day, and the good folks sponsoring the event have asked us bloggers to write about why we’re pro-choice. It’s a terrific idea, and I expect the intertubes will be flooded today with excellent posts listing all the reasons to support women’s reproductive freedom. ——- The ability to […]

LiveScience.com: The Most Popular Myths in Science Results: 1. Chickens can live without a head —– how about….. that their opinion matters?

With Everybody Protecting The Kids, Who Protects The Adults?: There are a lot of fingers being pointed at the likes of MySpace as politicians look to score points by “protecting the children” from their evils. But who’s protecting the adults? A story out of Buffalo, New York, paints a rather bizarre tale of an online […]

think:lab: “The Future of Learning” Manifesto: “The Future of Learning” Manifesto —— Well the first issue of learning inquiry is entitled Futures of Learning… it should be out in april… so this seems interesting to me…

How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: “How the Body Shapes the Way We Think – A New View of Intelligence” —– ummm did someone miss the whole of phenomenology? it looks that way….

AlterNet: The Radical Christian Right Is Built on Suburban Despair: Millions of Americans live trapped in soulless exurbs which lack any kind of community, leaving them feeling isolated and vulnerable. Without alternatives for their social despair, they flock to demagogues promising revenge and a mythical utopia. —– the problem is…. that this is probably true…

Blinded by Science: The Real Reason We Can’t Find bin Laden – – science news articles online technology magazine articles Blinded by Science: The Real Reason We Can’t Find bin Laden: uncap my pen this morning in defense of a fellow American, one who finds himself rather up against it at the moment. I speak […]

Learning Librarians Network: Learning Librarians Network An Educational Social Networking Service for Library and Information School Students ——– part of what i’m using to teach courses this semester. it is an elgg install.

Adultery could mean life | Battle Creek Enquirer – www.battlecreekenquirer.com – Battle Creek, Mich.: In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, Michigan’s second-highest court says that anyone involved in an extramarital fling can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to life in prison. “We cannot help but […]

Tinderbox ☙ Yojimbo: Wow!: It’s nice to surprise a reporter. Merlin Mann was interviewing Patrick Woolsey, COO of BareBones, on the floor at MacWorld Expo (video here) for MacBreak. They’re talking about Yojimbo, which Patrick calls “a digital junk drawer — a place to store all that stuff that, otherwise, is going to accumulate on […]