Saturday

You’re So Vain - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com

You’re So Vain - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com: "a crucial dynamic in American political debate: the extent to which public figures are punished for actually knowing what they’re talking about."

Tuesday

Turkey: Archeological Dig Reshaping Human History - Newsweek.com

Turkey: Archeological Dig Reshaping Human History - Newsweek.com: "a vast and beautiful temple complex, a structure so ancient that it may be the very first thing human beings ever built. The site isn't just old, it redefines old: the temple was built 11,500 years ago—a staggering 7,000 years before the Great Pyramid, and more than 6,000 years before Stonehenge first took shape. The ruins are so early that they predate villages, pottery, domesticated animals, and even agriculture—the first embers of civilization. In fact, Schmidt thinks the temple itself, built after the end of the last Ice Age by hunter-gatherers, became that ember—the spark that launched mankind toward farming, urban life, and all that followed."

Exclusive: How Google’s Algorithm Rules the Web | Magazine

Exclusive: How Google’s Algorithm Rules the Web | Magazine: "the only company whose name is synonymous with the verb search"

Group tries to lift veil on mystery in D.C. | Columbus Dispatch Politics

Group tries to lift veil on mystery in D.C. | Columbus Dispatch Politics "an exclusive residential club for powerful officials may be masquerading as a church."

Wonk Room » Lisa Jackson Announces EPA Will Delay And Weaken Proposed Greenhouse Standards

Wonk Room » Lisa Jackson Announces EPA Will Delay And Weaken Proposed Greenhouse Standards

Sunday

Firedoglake » “Mount Vernon Statement” Erases Equality, Rights

Firedoglake » “Mount Vernon Statement” Erases Equality, Rights: "nothing so clearly reveals the conservatives’ true authoritarian mission better than the omission of the Declaration’s very first self-evident truth: “That all men are created equal.”

"That beautiful phrase does away with the cornerstone of conservative thought, which is that some are born to rule, others to be ruled. Quite conveniently, conservatives place themselves in the former category."