Crater Lake in Oregon. From Huffington Post.
"Cultural change for Afghan women may come from an unlikely source: Afghanistan’s first TV soap opera."
Barack and Michelle's Mumbai Darshan Plans from the Times of India [in English]
"US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle will be extremely busy in Mumbai, upon landing on November 6 for a two day India visit. As the world’s most powerful man and his wife zip around the city visiting the 26/11 memorial on Marine Drive, the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mani Bhawan and other locations in south Mumbai, the security obviously will be water-tight . "
Iran to Pare Food, Gas Subsidies from the Wall Street Journal
"Moves to withdraw supports on basics appear risky for Ahmadinejad; showing sanctions."
Juan WIlliams and the First Amendment (Michael Tomasky) from the Guardian [of the UK]
"There is a broad misunderstanding in my country of the First Amendment. It does not mean a person can say anything, anywhere. It most certainly does not mean a person can say anything, anywhere and expect to be paid for it. And it definitely does not mean that any time a person is punished for speech, his or her First Amendment rights are being trampled upon"
Ex-Companion Details 'Real' Thomas from the New York Times
“The kind of Clarence I knew at the time that these events occurred is the kind of Clarence that did not emerge from the hearings, I’ll say that. It was not him, and he probably would not have been on the court if the real Clarence had actually been revealed.”
Normally, I leave this kind of old, hyper-partisan stuff alone -- but I'll have to say that Ginny Thomas asked for this!
Can Democrats Still Win? (Greenberg and Carville) from the New York Times
"There are two patterns in today’s polls that indicate voters might still be listening and just might be open to supporting Democrats. "
In a Divisive Election, Consensus Eludes Forecasters Too (Carl Bialik) from the Wall Street Journal
"Thanks to the wide variety of tools forecasters employ, their predictions diverge, sometimes sharply, on the extent of Republican gains and even over whether the pickup will be big enough to transfer control of the House."
Poll: Obama Approval Rating Jumps, Democrats Close ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ from Newsweek
As the president’s numbers climb sharply, results suggest that Democrats may be succeeding in firing up their base.
Gauging the Scope of the Tea Party Movement in America (Amy Gardner) from the Washington Post
"A canvass of hundreds of tea party groups reveals an organization that is not so much a movement as a disparate band of vaguely connected gatherings that do surprisingly little to engage in the political process."
PUBLIC RADIO NUGGET!!
All Programs Considered from the New York Review of Books
"About one in ten Americans tune in to public radio each week; if you landed in a spaceship someplace in America searching for thoughtful and nonpartisan culture, your first stop would be the public radio stations that usually show up below 92 on the FM dial."
OUTER SPACE NUGGET!!
Is Warp Speed Possible? from Discovery News
"Plug in the numbers, Obousy says, and you face some staggering fuel costs. To accelerate an object to the speed of light, you'd need nothing short of an infinite amount of energy. There has to be a better way, right?"
HIGHER ED NUGGET!!
Putting a Price on Professors from the Wall Street Journal
"A 265-page spreadsheet, released last month by the chancellor of the Texas A&M University system, amounted to a profit-and-loss statement for each faculty member, weighing annual salary against students taught, tuition generated, and research grants obtained."
BIG ANIMALS NUGGET!!
Over-sized Animals (PHOTOS) from Huffington Post
"Just as there are animals out there with adorable mini versions of themselves, there are also gigantic species that boggle the mind. Some are innocuous, some are dangerous. All of them represent the upper limits of animal size."
PRISON NUGGET!!
The Readers Behind Bars Put Books to Many Uses: A Review of The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian from the New York Times
"But a funny thing happens to “Running the Books” as it inches forward. Mr. Steinberg’s sentences start to pop out at you, at first because they’re funny and then because they’re acidly funny."
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