Archives for November 11, 2008
The Al Franken campaign seeks volunteers to help with the recount starting next week. There is a training session this Saturday and people are being asked to commit a day or more (but in units of whole days) to the effort some time over the subsequent weeks, on weekdays. (There are logistical reasons for this.)…
Of course not, there is no such movie! But you can read the book! Ed Yong … … just published a book based on [his] little blog. Some of you may remember me doing a quick poll about this a while back. Well since then, I’ve collected about 80 or so of my favourite posts…
Today, French and other European dignitaries gathered at the site of Verdun, where an eight month battle between the French and Germans was carried out during World War I, also known as the Great War, or the War to End All Wars. This is Armistice Day, marking the end of that war. There were no…




