As a relief from some of the more depressing news bits, I give you the BBC Online's article "Thais drop origami 'peace bombs'".
5 December 2004
NY Times: Death Sentences in Texas Cases Try Supreme Court's Patience
I mean, seriously: is there something about Texas that gives its elected officials (DeLay, Bush, these judges) their massive arrogance and frank disregard for authority other than their own?
I mean, seriously: is there something about Texas that gives its elected officials (DeLay, Bush, these judges) their massive arrogance and frank disregard for authority other than their own?
NY Times article: "In Search of Lost Time"
An excellent, if somewhat long, article on one person's investigations into what happens to our brains as we age (excluding such things as Alzheimer's--we're talking about so-called "normal" aging effects)--and what can be done about it.
An excellent, if somewhat long, article on one person's investigations into what happens to our brains as we age (excluding such things as Alzheimer's--we're talking about so-called "normal" aging effects)--and what can be done about it.