Friday, October 21, 2005

Sue has some info on an upcoming event to raise awareness about homelessness in Greensboro, and a video link as well. 2:38:13 PM   permalink   comment []

Pharyngula: "That's one of the beautiful things about evolutionary biology. The data fit together so well, and every new observation brings us a clearer picture of our planet's evolutionary history. We can still see echoes of the ancient world in the molecules of life." That's the conclusion of a long essay, "Pycnogonid tagmosis and echoes of the Cambrian." Tough sledding for a layman, but worth some effort. 9:20:05 AM   permalink   comment []

NYT, front page above the fold: "Mr. Rove and Mr. Libby have been advised that they may be in serious legal jeopardy." Lefty blogs have been smelling blood and screaming "indictment" for days. If Fitzgerald doesn't go big, it will be like canceling Christmas for a lot of folks. Drudge is still obsessed with Hurricane Wilma. 8:33:44 AM   permalink   comment []

The Wall Street Journal's lead editorial today is headlined "The Miers Blunder." It begins, "Although skeptical from the start, we've restrained our criticism of the Harriet Miers nomination because we've long believed that Presidents of either party deserve substantial deference on their Supreme Court picks. Yet it now seems clear--even well before her Senate hearings--that this selection has become a political blunder of the first order." Right next to that, in the Friday "Wonder Land" column, Daniel Henninger says "The Miers nomination, by undermining the President's standing in his own party -- and it has -- is threatening Mr. Bush's ability to finish the job in Iraq," and that "Bush should withdraw the Miers nomination," in his quest to "Get His Mojo Back." With friends like these, who needs Democrats? 8:11:16 AM   permalink   comment []

DarkTimes: Just Friedman today, reporting from Shanghai: "China's new Cultural Revolution will be driven this time from the bottom up - by podcasters with Apple's little white iPods or competing players, not from the top down by Maoists with Little Red Books." More: "The podcasting tools are so easy to acquire that it will force competition, experimentation and better quality....the podcasting revolution is going to explode everywhere at once, thanks to the Web and free technology tools. That's why the next phase of globalization is not going to be more Americanization, but more 'glocalization' - more and more local content made global." Friedman gets dazzled by tech sometimes, and he strangely omits the political ramifications of this next wave, but he's onto something real. 8:01:52 AM   permalink   comment []