Weekend Reading

Busy and lazy day. Prefer reading to writing. Here is some stuff I read today. Forward to friends.


Thanks Brandon from Siris for the plug for my WWDD series. His blog is always fascinating. He suggests (http://branemrys.blogspot.com/2004/12/for-reading.htm) that it may be easier on the eyes if you print out my four-part post and read it in hardcopy.


From the science blogs:

Evolution Deniers and Holocaust Deniers in a locked step.
http://www.pandasthumb.org/pt-archives/000639.html


Number one word of the year (cicada is #6)
http://www.pandasthumb.org/pt-archives/000635.html


What a Difference 10,000 Years Makes
http://www.chriscmooney.com/blog.asp?Id=1430


Religiosity as a vehicle for nightmares http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/religiosity_as_a_vehicle_for_nightmares/


Creationists and Evolutionists can co-exist! http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/creationists_and_evolutionists_can_co_exist/


Why are flounder funny-looking? http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/why_are_flounder_funny_looking/


Prigs, prudes, puritans, and prissy pissants http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/prigs_prudes_puritans_and_prissy_pissants/


Why the new Darwin Debate is BAD News http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/why_the_new_darwin_debate_is_bad_news/


If Charlie is your Darwin, join this group:
http://www.gruts.com/darwin/articles/2000/ballads/my-darwin.htm
http://www.gruts.com/darwin/
http://www.gruts.com/darwin/web/


I watched this:
Evolution on CNN
http://evolutionblog.blogspot.com/2004/12/evolution-on-cnn_02.html


Speeding up evolution in swallows: response to global warming or not?
Getting Sexier All The Time http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/getting_sexier_all_the_time.php


Quarks or condoms?
http://preposterousuniverse.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_preposterousuniverse_archive.html#110194880011802458



Need ideas for holiday shopping? Try this:
http://www.giantmicrobes.com/
or this:
http://www.philosophersguild.com/



Now, to political blogs:

Liberalism, academia, and the crisis of the left
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/30/183444/66


Blogs off the Beaten Path
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/3/21218/1535


Who didn't vote for Kerry?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/4/182915/029


Budget Deficits: K. Grease Plays Chicken Little http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2004/12/budget-deficits-k-grease-plays-chicken.html


Budget Deficits II: You Can't Blame Dogs for Eating Out of the Garbage http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2004/12/budget-deficits-ii-you-cant-blame-dogs.html


THOUGHTS ON BEINART
http://lawandpolitics.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_lawandpolitics_archive.html#11020473496700150


How Big A Deal Is The War On Terrorism?
http://yglesias.typepad.com/matthew/2004/12/how_big_a_deal_.html


LIBERALS AND TERRORISM
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_12/005251.php


Comments on Beinart
http://saltman.blogspot.com/2004_11_28_saltman_archive.html#110209750829363952


The Crucible
http://tianews.blogspot.com/2004/12/crucible.htm


Two From The Bullpen
http://tianews.blogspot.com/2004/11/two-from-bullpen.htm


Ladies, Keep Tips on Dragon Slaying to a Minimum
http://thewelltimedperiod.blogspot.com/2004/12/ladies-keep-tips-on-dragon-slaying-to.html


Do I bitch about students too much?
http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/2004/12/do-i-bitch-about-students-too-much.html


Gay Marriage Arguments
http://mixingmemory.blogspot.com/2004/12/gay-marriage-arguments.html


Psychology Monday Nite
http://ajbenjaminjr.blogspot.com/2004/11/psychology-monday-nite.html


DLC teams with their pals, the GOP and Fox News
http://anoldsoul.blogspot.com/2004/12/dlc-teams-with-their-pals-gop-and-fox.html


Declaration of Independence not banned
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2004/12/declaration_of_.html


And the wisdom to know the difference
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2004/12/and_the_wisdom_.html


A great new blog by Eric Gordy. He knows his Balkans and, by extension, everything else:
http://eastethnia.blogspot.com



Focus on something else for a change
http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/focus_on_something_else_for_a_change/


The Strange Death of Socialist Scotland
http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/


Who Does This Ukraine Guy Think He Is Anyway?
http://thetermite.blogspot.com/2004/11/who-does-this-ukraine-guy-think-he-is.html


Word Association: Activist Judges
http://thetermite.blogspot.com/2004/11/word-association.html


And another science journalist/writer started a blog about politics:
http://www.thewormbook.com/helmintholog//index.html