Links for you. Science:
MRSA, Meat, and Motown
More on the criteria for earning the Ph.D.
N50 talk length at CSHL Biology of Genomes conference
Other:
If You Haven't Been On Food Stamps, Stop Trying to Influence Government Policy (must-read)
The Koch Brothers and the End of State Universities
Count Me In With the Unsophisticated Six Year Olds
Macroeconomics is a rancid, putrefying pseudoscience
Fun With Charts: Making the Rich Look Poor
Mike Rowe's Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (on the need for skilled labor)
Hyperbole (and Progressive Bloggers) Fail Me: The End of Public Higher Education
Standards, standardized tests, and society
The Race Factor: White Racial Attitudes and Opinions of Obama