Saturday, November 27, 2004

Current Editorials: What the Hell is Wrong with Us?. More thoughts on the death of centrism in the US and the complete lack of representation for centrists... There is no political party in this country representing my interests, my values or my culture. Sure, I'm a card-carrying member of the Libertarian Party, but that's only because I disagree with them the least not because I actually agree with... [morons.org headlines] 7:24:19 PM  comment []  Trackback []     Amen... Porn Prohibitionists Miss Point. If we're going to start worrying about porn, doesn't it make sense to actually study its role in society rather than make stuff up? Commentary by Regina Lynn. [Wired News] 7:23:55 PM  comment []  Trackback []     Science Geek Gifts for All. Banish underwear from your gift-giving list this year! Your smarty-pants friends and relatives aren't as hard to buy for as you might think. The web is full of brain-gratifying gift ideas. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News] 7:22:58 PM  comment []  Trackback []     A Gift of Reading. The day after Thanksgiving is the semi-official kickoff of the holiday shopping season. I hope you'll consider saving a bit of your budget for some folks who need help from the rest of us. One program I'd like to recommend again, as I do at this time every year, is the "Gift of Reading" sponsored by the Mercury News and Kids in Common. Reading is such a basic part of a productive life, and this book drive is a worthy way to get books into the hands of children who will gobble up words, given the chance, the way we all gobble up our Thanksgiving turkeys and trimmings. For many of these children, the books will be their only holiday gifts this year. So Gift of Reading is looking for new or like-new volumes, and asks that you not wrap them so the books can be sorted by age group. A cash donation is also welcome. You can find much more information on the program's website. Or call +1 (408) 882-0900, extension 11, or send e-mail to communityrelation@mercurynews.com. Please help out if you can. (Image via NASA) [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 7:19:53 PM  comment []  Trackback []     Green Chemistry. Alex Steffen: USA today has a nice, short piece about the rise of green chemistry: "The fundamental idea of green chemistry is that the designer of a... [WorldChanging: Another World Is Here] 7:17:38 PM  comment []  Trackback []     This has relevance to other kinds of thinking besides computer architecture... Joel Spolsky: "When you go too far up, abstraction-wise, you run out of oxygen. Sometimes smart thinkers just don't know when to stop, and they create these absurd, all-encompassing, high-level pictures of the universe that are all good and fine, but don't actually mean anything at all." [Scripting News] 7:16:25 PM  comment []  Trackback []     Are we starting on another inquisition, or what?... In Virginia, they say breeding is everything. In North Carolina, we say it's just good fun. But here comes Bryce Christensen to say breeding is essential to marriage. The Southern Utah University professor told AP reporter David Crary that defending marriage means doing something about those couples who engage in "deliberate childlessness" (found via Chewie World Order.) No-fault divorce also must go. More Christensen: "Homosexuality is principally a behavior. Evidence that it is genetically influenced is no stronger than that indicating that alcoholism, pyromania, and kleptomania are genetically influenced." [EdCone.com] 7:14:31 PM  comment []  Trackback []     Gary Price on "impeccably maintained" web directories. [Scripting News] 7:13:27 PM  comment []  Trackback []

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