From The Root, save Pat Buchanan: Why the jolly, red-faced Republican hitman is delivering the best news for black folks on television; and an article on TV's Golden Age of Rage: O'Reilly, Hannity, Olbermann and the rise of white rage on cable television. Thomas Frank on how dysfunction helps the GOP: The party says its own mistakes prove government can't work. From NPR, an article on zombies: Still undead, and suddenly everywhere. From New Scientist, winning the ultimate battle: A look at how humans could end war. Can this man save the planet? Todd Stern is supposed to negotiate a treaty that can fix the climate and pass the Senate — guess which is harder? "This much I know": An interview with AC Grayling (and more). What is happening in Iran now, after the election, should indelibly change external perceptions of the country and its discontents. The day the bloggers won: An excerpt from Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press by Eric Boehlert. How blogs changed everything: An excerpt from Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters by Scott Rosenberg. Our fascination with pearls is thousands of years old; no other gem has been so loved, for so long, by so many, but is today’s pearl industry in danger of becoming a victim of its own success?
