17Dec/090
Links of the Day, December 17
News
- Expectations in Copenhagen are muted.
- The labor market is slow to heal.
- The House passes a jobs bill. Just.
Miscellaneous
- Jon Stewart blasts a tea party rally ... incidentally, I walked past this rally.
15Dec/090
Links of the Day, December 15
Apologies for skipping yesterday--we're heading into the holiday season and things are getting BUSY at work!
News
- Some Guantanamo inmates will be moved to a near-empty prison in Illinois, marking a significant step toward shutting down the camp at Guantanamo Bay.
- Televangelist Oral Roberts, loved by some, scorned by others, passed away, aged 91.
- Mike Huckabee is one of several conservatives to praise Barack's Nobel Peace Prize speech. (I find it interesting that so many people are surprised ... must be too busy projecting their own issues onto the President to really hear what he's been saying all this time.)
- David Brooks writes about Obama and Christian realism.
Green
- Hip-hop goes green in California.
- Did you know that the New York Times has a "Learning Network"? Because they do; and here's their page on global warming.
Miscellaneous
- An oil lobby photoshops diversity into its ad.
- Marvel meets Disney:
8Dec/092
Links of the Day, December 8
For those of you who missed the last couple Links, apologies--I was in New York City for the weekend. Pics to come soon.
News
- More bombings in Iraq.
- Ambassador Eikenberry and General McChrystal endorse the President's approach to Afghanistan.
- Google launches real-time search data.
Green
- The UN declares the last decade the warmest on record.
- The EPA declares that greenhouse gases threaten human health, paving the way for regulation.
- Considering clean coal.
Miscellaneous
- A few days after JFK's assassination, Jackie wrote a letter to LBJ.
(EDIT: Apparently, Esquire is now waiting on further legal notice.)
2Dec/090
Links of the Day, December 2
For those who love This is Spinal Tap:
News
- The President orders 30,000 new troops to Afghanistan. More thoughts to come.
- Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo is the new President of Honduras.
Green
- Boing Boing helps with energy literacy: climate change.