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Science publishers get even stupider
Andrew Leonard
The war against open access to taxpayer-funded scientific research heats up. Let the mocking begin.
The women of Shouts and Murmurs
Catherine Price
It turns out that for the past three years, they haven't existed.
Son of subprime: Credit card debt
Andrew Leonard
Credit card defaults are spiking in the U.S. Does another derivatives debacle lurk beneath the plastic?
Pedophile blogger leaving California
Tracy Clark-Flory
Following a new court order, Jack McClellan says he can no longer take the state's "Orwellian protocol."
ABC News: Zelikow didn’t disclose lobbying role
Joan Walsh
An extraordinary statement from a news network about the right-wing duplicity behind the Allawi crusade.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
MySpace nukes Cubbies Baseball's page at MLB's request. Fans are used to the treatment, but not the villain: MySpace.
Ari Watch, continued
Joan Walsh
Here's what happened when the Iraq war flack was asked to name the veteran in his ad on "Hardball." Plus: Tammy Haddad's new gig.
The enduring myth of Americans’ dislike of investigations
Glenn Greenwald
Bush followers and media stars dislike investigations of the administration. Therefore, they claim -- falsely -- that "most Americans" oppose such investigations.
How bots rigged D.C.’s “hot” reporter contest
Farhad Manjoo
Trying to find the hottest reporter in the nation's capital is like trying to elect a president in Ukraine. Don't expect fairness.
How a million Windows users killed Skype
Farhad Manjoo
The Internet phone service says its software failed when Windows users restarted their machines after an update.
Cupid’s science
Rebecca Traister
Anthropologist Helen Fisher explains what online dating sites can learn from the biology of love -- and what the length of your ring finger says about your sex life.
Pedophile blogger unfairly targeted?
Tracy Clark-Flory
Some say a man who formerly blogged about his attraction to young girls has had his rights violated.
Skype is up again, but not for everyone
Farhad Manjoo
But the peer-to-peer phone service's day-long outage isn't a reason to ditch Internet calls.
Giuliani family values
Joan Walsh
The GOP front-runner tells a New Hampshire mom, "Leave my family alone." Plus: More fun with video.
You, too, can be a campaign reporter: Take the test!
Michael Scherer
Introducing the ACTAT, the secret test all elite reporters must pass before they can hit the 2008 trail.
How Republicans, Democrats, and Diebold fix Wikipedia
Farhad Manjoo
Among the anonymous edits to Wikipedia uncovered by a fantastic new tool: Republicans change the "occupation" of Iraq to its "liberation."
TV Daily
Salon Staff
Salon's guide to what to watch on Wednesday: Sink your teeth into "Top Chef's" hamburger challenge.
Enforcing the community’s foreign policy orthodoxy
Glenn Greenwald
To maintain credibility as a "foreign policy expert," one must embrace the basic tenets of America's imperial role.
The truth behind the Pollack-O’Hanlon trip to Iraq
Glenn Greenwald
An interview with Michael O'Hanlon highlights the scope and breadth of this P.R. fraud.
Roundup: Virtual wives, non-ironic feminism and more
Tracy Clark-Flory
Including: Psychologists tackle insults as a strategy for keeping women around.
ABC, CNN and NBC free their debate clips. But not Fox
Farhad Manjoo
News networks now explicitly allow bloggers to download, edit and post clips of presidential primary debates -- except for one holdout.
This is your subprime brain on drugs
Andrew Leonard
After another very bad day on Wall Street, let's blame Mother Nature for wiring us to be suckers for dodgy loans
Various items
Glenn Greenwald
Link to C-SPAN segment on FISA, YearlyKos panel on blogs/media, and falsehoods from Bush defenders.
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