Edmonton Sun: They've tried to win over our hearts and minds. Now, in a fight for the planet, environmentalists are asking us to put our butts on the front lines. After successful campaigns to vilify SUVs, bottled water and your grandmother's mink coat, a growing global movement is aimed at the almo...

And now, for another exciting post of links and short comments: I’ve always been aware of having been gifted with a pretty powerful attention span. I have always kind of assumed it came from becoming a reader at a very young age, but I guess it’s equally plausible that things are actuall...

How do you search and find academic papers that are in a filing cabinet? I am looking for something that runs on a mac (similar to endnote but better) that I can use to keep track of and search the academic papers I have stored in a filing cabinet in my office. For pdf's I use spotlight to search an...

I am very, very concerned about the direction we are headed in with technology in both the Republican Party and the conservative movement. Frankly, I am profoundly disappointed. The RNC effort is a frustrating exercise consisting of multi-ton white papers that will no doubt be ignored. Friday’...

Is anyone here good at chess-style board games and game design, and would be willing to advise on a made-up board game inspired by Burmese, Chinese, Japanese, and pole chess? The existing version is a little hashy, which is totally my fault; some very smart people tried to help me with it but I thin...

Don't Miss 5 Hot Wedding Color Ideas … 10 Reasons to Love Kate Winslet… 7 Runway Fashion Trends for Spring-Summer 09 … Not dreaming of the white ball gown with the cathedral train or the big church wedding? That’s OK, especially today with all the alternative ways to make your bi...

The unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent last month as the economy lost 651,000 jobs (and estimates for previous months were revised significantly upwards) with no prospect for improvement in sight. The story leads all the papers. The Washington Post......

The unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent last month as the economy lost 651,000 jobs (and estimates for previous months were revised significantly upwards) with no prospect for improvement in sight. The story leads all the papers. The Washington Post takes a government angle: the stimulus efforts a...

Jon Eisenberg writes about the investigation into Al-Haramain - and how the Obama administration is continuing the same state-secrets stance to cover up illegal wiretapping. Gee, so much for the “professor of constitutional law” theory, in which Obama would be so sensitive to these issue...

It’s flexible layouts on this week’s Friday Focus. I’ll be loose with the definition though, since 100% fluid width layouts are so hard to come by! Designs of the Week This is just a well-put together site. From the type to the colors to the images to the layout, everything feels l...