A Look at How The Day's News is Picked

Very interesting look at how the NY Times decides on a daily basis to run news items. In this particular video, one of the stories is right here in AZ. http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/timescast/1247467375115/index.html

Why It Matters When Texas Changes Our History Books

Please read this very thoughtful article by Sam Tanenhaus re: the implications of what the Texas school board has done. For example, is it appropriate to erase Thomas Jefferson from a school history book because you don't happen to agree with the concept of separation between church and state? Is teaching facts less important than teaching ideology?  Please read and comment : http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/weekinreview/21tanenhaus.html?ref=weekinreview

The Original Twitter

The Analogue version for Twitter, circa 1935. The more thing change , the more they stay the same? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/30/robot-messenger-displays-person-to-person-notes-in-public/