Title Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda Author John E. Mueller Rating Tags nuclear weapons, weapons of mass distruction, terrorism, nuclear war  Calm down, everyone. The world is not...

Title Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America Author Barbara Ehrenreich Rating Tags happiness, optimism, positive thinking, reality  If ever a book needed to be...

Excellent post by Ed Brayton on the issue of whether the U.S. should continue fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan based on the terrors the Taliban impose on women.  It discusses views of Afghani women both pro and con on the topic, and shows that there...

Interesting article on the kind of internet connectivity the astronauts on the International Space Station have.   Posted via web from reannon's posterous

...is one of the funniest parodies I've ever seen.  It runs rather long, over 9 minutes, but is well worth it.  I saw it first last night as it aired on the Daily Show and I noticed the audience wasn't laughing a lot... I think they were so enthralled...