Here are some posts I collected off those internets you might find interesting:
- The NSA literally doesn't have enough electricity to run all of its equipment. At least, it will be harder for them to violate our freedoms. Maybe there is an upside to global warming...
- An interesting take on upper middle class subsurbs. I'm not sure I agree, but it is interesting.
- A nice takedown of the Bush Administration's economic 'accomplishments.'
- Juan Cole gets all Dark Lord of Mordor on your ass. Seriously, he proposes a very interesting hypothesis. Given all of the ridiculousness Little Lord Pontchartrain's Uruk-Hai army believes, it's just not that far-fetched.
- Publius has a very good analysis of one of the reasons Lieberman is in such trouble.
- A superb defense of partisanship from Talk Left.
- Stirling Newberry has a very interesting argument that 'moderatism' is a very rigid ideology.
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The American Association of Physics Teachers just published a study of 1,000 likely U.S. voters about science, religion, evolution, and creationism. The results are frightening. Here are some of the "highlights" of their study:
Making good ethical choices in the real world is hard, in large part because it requires us to find the best balance in responding to interested parties whose legitimate interests pull in different directions.
"I'd like to open a savings account," you tell your banker.
"Excellent!, the banker says, "our savings accounts have an interest rate of 5% and an annual percentage yield of 5.127%. It's a great deal and I think you'll like it."
In case anyone's interested, I'm currently fooling around with Twitter. If you're interested, I'm user-id MarkCC. Feel free to ping me if you've got an interesting twitter feed that you think would interest me; I'm still building up my list.
Great links - especially the last three!