Here are some links to start your weekend goofing-off. Science:
Why Jesus Makes Me a Bad Scientist...
Microcosm Week: How E. coli Sees The Future
Unscientific America: Is the (new) media to blame?
Other:
Exclusive Interview: Rolling Stone Journalist Matt Taibbi
Calpers: Rating Agencies to Blame for Huge Losses
Isaac Chotiner Gets Jonah Goldberg Wrong
The American Choice: Break up and regulate companies or suffer another crisis
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