One of the science editors where I work gave me a book she had just finished reviewing because she knows I like to read almost any kind of non-fiction.   It’s called Fear of Physics: A Guide for the Perplexed.  Having not finished high school, my education has a few big holes, many of them related [...]

people should not speak badly of people with whom they share a largish set of friends.

The Blogosphere is Flat Too: Q&A with Ogilvy PR Worldwide’s Digital Strategist for China, Michael Darragh:
At least according to Technorati, in its April State of the Live Web report, the language with the most frequent blog posts in Japanese, with 37%, followed by English with 36% and then Chinese at 8%.
If I had to guess [...]

From: What was God Thinking:  Richard Gere urges Olympics boycott
Richard Gere urges Olympics boycott Actor Richard Gere chases a fugitive Bosnian war criminal in his latest movie role, but in real life the devout Buddhist is pursuing China on human rights abuses and says a boycott of the Beijing Olympics could help. Gere, chairman of [...]

Yesterday NPR news was full of coverage of and reaction to the report issued by the Virginia governor-appointed panel that investigated the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA. I usually enjoy NPR’s coverage of issues because they tend to offer a big picture kind of view instead of focusing on minutae [...]