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Bulletin Board You need to check out the library’s new digital access to popular magazines for your smartphone, laptop or desktop. I’ve been playing with it for a couple weeks and think it’s great. Interesting Reading Happy New Year? You’ve got to be kidding (“The blogosphere is a handy symptom of the pervasive cognitive and […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes America’s Real Criminal Element: Lead (“All of these studies tell the same story: Gasoline lead is responsible for a good share of the rise and fall of violent crime over the past half century.”) Bookish Linkage It took the NYT until January 3 to determine “the best book you’ll […] I figure I can’t let the year close without at least one more Weekend Edition. One minor problem is that my delay in making the decision means a couple items I would normally include slipped off the radar (my news reader, actually). Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes Why must the nation grieve with God? […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes The Power of Negative Thinking (“The ultimate value of the ‘negative path’ may not be its role in facilitating upbeat emotions or even success. It is simply realism.”) Blog Headline of the Week Scientists Find Evidence of Oldest Dinosaur; Creationists Find Evidence That Scientists Miscalculated By 235 Million Years […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes Happiness Policy (“Should happiness data decide policy … and could a drug like Brave New World’s soma or an app that stimulates the brain’s pleasure centers be the ultimate policy tool?”) Social Commentary Headline of the Week Family learns of student’s death on Facebook (via) Blog Headlines of the […] |
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