6.13.2009
Read It Later: Savior or Satan?
Science, Health, Etc.
- Basics - In a Helpless Baby, the Roots of Our Social Glue - NYTimes.com
- Discovery Online, The Skinny On ... Falling-Asleep Twitches [I get these all the time. And all these years, I thought I was the only one! Now I know what they're called!]
- Most Kidney Donors Lead Long, Healthy Lives - US News and World Report
- My Genome, My Self - Steven Pinker Gets to the Bottom of his own Genetic Code - NYTimes.com
- Pen Mightier Than Passion: Scientific American Podcast
- Personal Health - Babies Know - A Little Dirt Is Good for You - NYTimes.com [I always thought so.]
- Picture Emerging on Genetic Risks of IVF - NYTimes.com
- Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic | Science & Health | Reuters
- Slashdot | How the City Hurts Your Brain [Interesting.]
- They're Playing My Song. Time to Work Out. - New York Times
Language
- Language Log: Whom shall I say [ ___ is calling ]?
- Op-Ed Contributors - The I's Have It - NYTimes.com
- Who you callin' ungrammatical? - The Boston Globe
Mental Health
- Combined Therapy Is Reported to Ease Anxiety in Children - NYTimes.com
- Health Buzz: America's Happiest States and Other Health News - US News and World Report
- Mental Illness Doesn't Predict Violent Behavior - US News and World Report
- Task Force Recommends Screening Adolescents for Clinical Depression - FOXBusiness.com
- The Associated Press: Study: Zoloft and Cipralex better than other drugs
Technology
- $200 Laptops Break a Business Model - NYTimes.com
- 25 Years of Mac: From Boxy Beige to Silver Sleek [Yay, Mac! I remember our family's Mac Plus, circa 1986, very well. And the first time I saw a color monitor. It was amazing!]
- As Facebook turns 5, a look back east | The Social - CNET News
- Craigslist Agrees to Curb Prostitution Ads - NYTimes.com
- Freedom to surf: workers more productive if allowed to use the internet for leisure : News : The University of Melbourne [Too busy
surfing the netdoing work to read this...] - Google Claims Orphan Books, Raising Alarm in Academia - NYTimes.com
- Hoping to Make iPhone Toys as a Full-Time Job - NYTimes.com
- idle.slashdot.org | California May Reduce Carbon Emissions By Banning Black Cars
- Itineraries - Internet Use Grows at Meetings, as Do Challenges - NYTimes.com
- Kindling a Revolution: E Ink's Russ Wilcox on E-Paper, Amazon, and the Future of Publishing | Xconomy
- Online Age Quiz Is a Window for Drug Makers - NYTimes.com
- Open Up Government Data - Wired How-To Wiki
- Ping - Consumers Are Choosing Simpler Electronic Gadgets - NYTimes.com
- Slashdot | Facebook Nudity Policy Draws Nursing Moms' Ire
- Slashdot | Google To Monitor Surfing Habits For Ad-Serving
- Slashdot | Is Your IM Buddy Really a Computer?
- Slashdot| YouTube Symphony Orchestra Set To Debut At Carnegie Hall [Cool!]
- Social RSS reader Streamy now open to everyone | Webware - CNET
- The Medium - I Hate My iPhone - NYTimes.com
- What Google should learn from Apple | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
- Wired Blogs: Gadget Lab
Food
- Eating Food That's Better for You, Organic or Not - NYTimes.com
- Is a Food Revolution Now in Season? - NYTimes.com
- 'Miracle fruit' turns sour things sweet - CNN.com
- Op-Ed Contributor - The Maggots in Your Mushrooms - NYTimes.com
- The Bacon Explosion - Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog. - NYTimes.com
- What to do with the kale, turnips, and parsley that overwhelm your CSA bin. - By Catherine Price - Slate Magazine
Gender
- Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union » Mobile County Agrees to Reintegrate Boys and Girls in Public Schools
- Do Pregnant Women Have Rights? | | AlterNet
- Dora the Explorer No More? - On Parenting
- globeandmail.com: Men open up like never before
- Lesbian Communities Struggle to Stay Vital to a New Generation - NYTimes.com
- Ynet המתגיירות טובלות, הדיינים צופים - יהדות
Families
- 2 Kids + 0 Husbands = Family - Some Mothers, Single by Choice, Stick Together - NYTimes.com
- Commentary: Are eight babies more than enough? - CNN.com
Education
- Op-Ed Contributor - Education Is All in Your Mind - NYTimes.com
- SAT Changes Policy, Opening Rift With Colleges - NYTimes.com
- The Big Test Before College? The Financial Aid Form - NYTimes.com
Fun
- Holiday Movies - Five Breakthrough Performances - NYTimes.com
- Schroeder Played Real Beethoven in Charles M. Schulz's 'Peanuts' Strip - NYTimes.com
- Top 10 Wired Shadow Photos, Decided by You
Israel
- A model of biblical proportions: man spends 30 years creating a model of Herod's Temple - Telegraph
- Barkat may stop J'lem light rail project | In Jerusalem | Jerusalem Post
- Farmers find monastery beneath Israeli soil - CNN.com
- Israeli Nonprofits, Shaken by Madoff Scandal, Regroup - NYTimes.com
- Not Just a Holy Land: Why the Deification of Israel Hurts Us | PresenTense
Judaism
- My Jewish Learning: Orthodoxy's Limitations
- My Jewish Learning: Orthodoxy's Power
- N.Y. Hasids take Pennsylvania Amish on a neighborhood tour - Haaretz - Israel News
- Religious Leaders Battle Bill to Open Abuse Claims in New York - NYTimes.com
Pesach
- CapeCodTimes.com - Quinoa fritters make great pre-Seder snack
- Kosher-For-Passover Matzo (Parve, Passover)
- Moses is Departing Egypt: A Facebook Haggadah
- Orthodox passover rebels do away with Ashkenazic ban on legumes - Haaretz - Israel News
Obama, Etc. (remember, I started this list in October)
- A Portrait of Change - Nation's Many Faces in Extended First Family - NYTimes.com
- Barack Obama's Rabbi - Capers Funnye - Profile - NYTimes.com
- Commentary: Will Obama use 'Facebook politics'? - CNN.com
- Editorial - Barack Obama - Editorial Board - Endorsement - NYTimes.com
- Op-Chart - How Much Is Your Vote Worth? - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist – Barack’s Continental Coolness - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - Our Election Whopper - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - The Endorsement From Hell - NYTimes.com
- RNC chairman condemns controversial Obama song - CNN.com
- Sea change in U.S. politics after race for president - International Herald Tribune
- The Associated Press: Obama wants to overhaul health care; can he do it?
The Economy
- Appeal of the Dollar Adds to Woes Abroad - NYTimes.com
- Bad economy? Do what you love - CNN.com
- Bargain Hunting for Books, and Feeling Sheepish About It - NYTimes.com [Yeah. I relate to this one.]
- Budget concerns force states to reconsider the death penalty - CNN.com
- Editorial Observer - With the Downturn, It’s Time to Rethink the Legal Profession - NYTimes.com [Kind of glad I didn't go to law school any of the many times someone told me that I should.]
- Endowment Director Is on Harvard's Hot Seat - NYTimes.com
- Findings - Oversaving, a Burden for Our Times - NYTimes.com
- For Papers, a Downsizing Trickle Becomes a Flood - NYTimes.com
- Harvard: the Inside Story of Its Finance Meltdown - Forbes.com
- Humanities Ph.D.'s Are Anticipating Hard Times - NYTimes.com [Kind of glad I didn't go to grad school to get a PhD in History any of the many times someone told me that I should.]
- In a slump, camping comes into vogue - CNN.com
- The Reckoning - Bush's Philosophy Stoked the Mortgage Bonfire - Series - NYTimes.com
- The Reckoning - From Midwest to M.T.A., Pain From Global Gamble - Series - NYTimes.com
- The Reckoning - WaMu Built an Empire on Bad Loans - Series - NYTimes.com
- Unannounced Layoffs Hit Workers by the Thousands - NYTimes.com
Real Estate
Travel
World News
- Karzai: Afghanistan to review criticized sharia law - CNN.com
- Memo From Beijing - Chinese Learn Limits of Online Freedom as the Filter Tightens - NYTimes.com
- Often Split, Arab Leaders Unite for Sudan's Chief - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - China to the Rescue? Not! - NYTimes.com
A Selection of New York Times Op-Eds
- Op-Ed Columnist - Hope Amid the Gloom - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - Miracles Take Time - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - Paging Uncle Sam - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - Pregnant (Again) and Poor - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - The End of Philosophy - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - The Price Is Not Right - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Columnist - What Life Asks of Us - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Contributor - My Children Made Me Do It - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Contributor - My Secret Life - NYTimes.com
- Op-Ed Contributor - One Ride Forward, Two Steps Back - NYTimes.com
Misc
- Advertising - The Body as Billboard - Your Ad Here - NYTimes.com
- Commentary: We owe oldest Americans an apology - CNN.com
- Custom Solutions to Office Clutter - NYTimes.com
- Dept. of Disputation: Red Sex, Blue Sex: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
- Findings - For Good Self-Control, Try Getting Religious About It - NYTimes.com
- GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News
- Gobekli Tepe: The World's First Temple? | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine
- Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary - NYTimes.com
- Health System Program That Guarantees Doing Things Right the First Time, for Flat Fee, Pays Off - washingtonpost.com
- Messinger hears White House message on Darfur | Capital J | JTA - Jewish & Israel News
- Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab - NYTimes.com
- Slashdot| Huge German Donation Marks Wikipedia's Evolution
- Suddenly, infrastructure is cool again | Coop's Corner - CNET News
- The Gospel of Consumption | Orion Magazine
- The Swiss Bank UBS Is Set to Open Its Secret Files - NYTimes.com
- True Fromance - New York Post [This may be the best article in the whole bunch!]
- Virginity pledges don't mean much, study says - CNN.com
Labels: gender, Israel, links, Pesach, science/health/environment