Links for you. Science:
Big dust-up about kin selection
Writing Popular Science Books Doesn't Make You a Scientist
Why are these trees completely wrapped in spider webs?
Other:
Humanitarians of the Year
The Gang That Couldn't Lobby Straight
Bachman For President (the Tea Party is the theopolitical right)
How Not to Respond to Political Bullies: Lessons from the Smithsonian's Response to the Manufactured Right-Wing Controversy Over Hide/Seek
Not Good (why cuts made in future payouts don't reduce deficits. If you care about that sort of thing)
'Scuze me while I wave the bloody shirt...
The Washington Post Has Not Heard of the Social Security Trust Fund
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