- Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) "Disaster may cost Japan $180 billion." Way less than the Wall Street criminals cost us.
- Nukes Versus Hydrocarbons
- good quote:
I think one of the enduring tragedies of the 22nd century will be that during the 20th and 21st centuries we persistently treat nuclear reactors as if they're nuclear weapons, and nuclear weapons as if they're nuclear reactors.
unquote. - Abusive treatment of Bradley Manning
- Quote of the Day: One Foot Sea Level Rise by 2050
- Publisher Limits Shelf Life for Library E-Books As librarians push for access to more e-books, publishers are reconsidering how much that access should be worth.
- Special Issue: For Whom the Cell Mutates: The Origins of Genetic Quirks
By SEAN B. CARROLL
While the origins of the cats at Hemingway's longtime home in Key West, Fla., remain murky, the cause of their polydactyly is no longer a mystery. - Board compensation datapoints of the day
- Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) The sad, hypocritical retirement of Evan Bayh
- N.Y. / REGION | March 16, 2011
About New York: Immune to Cuts: Lofty Salaries at Hospitals
By JIM DWYER
In the search to cut health care costs, one area remains undisturbed: executive compensation. - Who doesn't have passports?
- Why no looting in Japan?
- Ray LaHood (@RayLaHood) High-speed #rail means tens of thousands of jobs along US corridors. Tens of thousands. bit.ly/fvm2eB
- A Republican Fund-Raiser Is Indicted in a Ponzi Scheme
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Timothy Durham was charged Wednesday in Los Angeles in a federal grand jury indictment, accused of defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars. - NY Review of Books: Prison rape is constant and mainly done by the guards
Dan-o-Rama