12-Aug-02

At kuro5hin a couple of weeks ago there was a post about what life was like in your area of the world. The idea led some enterprising person to create a website built for the same purposes using the original questions. Seems like a cool way to read about far away places from real people. It's not too full yet, but I'm sure that will change soon enough. [MetaFilter] [Ye Olde Phart] comment [] 7:07:12 PM | permalink

OK, so Salon contributor Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo blog does not have the reach of, say, Time magazine. But it's still a well-established site by a reasonably widely read D.C. writer. Today Marshall notes that the Washington Post has begun running an online column with the name "Talking Points." Talking point for Post editors: Time to rethink that. [Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment] comment [] 12:55:44 PM | permalink

The "shame" of rape Why does the media hide rape victims who fight back instead of honoring them as heroes? comment [] 8:28:52 AM | permalink

Monday, Aug. 12, 2002 [In Life] Summers at Camp Ethnicity Are camps for foreign adoptees just a place for their parents to exorcise white guilt, or do they help the kids develop pride, cope with prejudice and get in touch with their roots? By Janelle Brown Salon Premium Exclusive comment [] 8:26:57 AM | permalink

Canada in for a new gas tax?  Next thing you know our pizza joints will charge a delivery fee just like Domino's Pizza is doing in America. I wonder how the delivery drivers feel about losing all those dollars from their tips. comment [] 8:07:45 AM | permalink

Thomas A. Edison. "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." [Quotes of the Day] comment [] 7:59:21 AM | permalink