From Archeology, a special section on archaeology's hoaxes, fakes, and strange sites, including "Bogus! An Introduction to Dubious Discoveries". The New York Times on the buzzwords of 2009. Seth Godin has made his latest book, What Matters Now, available as a free PDF download. Why The Simpsons no longer matters: An interview with John Ortved, author of The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History. From First Things, Michael Novak on three precisions: Social justice, common good, and personal liberty. MeiselPic: What your Facebook friends might look like if they were super-hot models. In a troubling corollary to the truism that a picture is worth 1,000 words, a new study suggests stereotypical imagery can largely negate the central point of a lengthy text. An interview with Jacqueline Leo, author of Seven: The Number for Happiness, Love, and Success. A review of xkcd: Volume 0 by Randall Munroe. A review of Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life by Bill Minutaglio and W. Michael Smith. A report calculates that American households collectively consumed 3.6 zettabytes of information in 2008. A better question for environmental design would be: "How much does your household weigh?" We don’t need Oprah Lite or Oprah 2.0, we need someone who’s a true Oprah-in-Training, and the only person who can claim that title is Kathy Griffin. An interview with Charles Cumming on books on espionage. The military-consumer complex: Military technology used to filter down to consumers — now it’s going the other way. A review of Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars by William Patry.
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