Take your children to the park…and let them walk home by themselves. It’s not a radical idea, just an old-fashioned one. @
little imbroglios
The new “bits” sideblog…
CPD checkpoints targeting black & Hispanic communities
84 percent of Chicago’s roadside checks were slated for black and Latino neighborhoods @
Art in the City
How The New York Times Magazine’s recent ‘walking issue’ cover was made. @ It wasn’t Photoshop!
Transcriva – transcription for Mac OS X
If I was in private practice I would buy this. Now. Immediately. @
Admissions scandal brings down University of Illinois president | csmonitor.com
At least this won’t have lasting effects on the school’s reputation. *cough* @
Philadelphia is no longer civilized
We deeply regret to inform you that without the necessary budgetary legislation by the State Legislature in Harrisburg, the City of Philadelphia will not have the funds to operate our neighborhood branch libraries, regional libraries, or the Parkway Central Library after October 2, 2009. @ This is not just sad, it’s a travesty. How have we come to the point where a major American city is closing all of its public libraries!?
Can cheap be sexy? | Salon Books
Consider the possibility that the cheap might set you free. And, for crying out loud, put on a sweater. @ ;-)
Meet the ‘iPhone mom’ : TwinCities.com
For iPhone moms, an Internet-connected handset with a wide variety of downloadable applications acts as a weather watcher, a price researcher, an address locator, a schedule reminder, an isolation destroyer, an e-book reader and much more. @
Does Getting Angry Make You Angrier? : NPR
Apparently yes: The more you get angry, the angrier you get. @ Fascinating.