A great piece about how throwing money (and in this case, enormous sums) is not going to help Haiti like we would like it to.
Fears grow as study shows genetically modified crops ‘can cause liver and kidney damage’
It’s like David and Goliath. G’luckkkkk.
Big Benefits Are Seen From Eating Less Salt
Shout to Simon’s alma matter and possible next school in one article.
Children Take the Stage in Same-Sex Marriage Push
But also interesting point at the end about marriage as an access point for health care.
Simple Passwords Remain Popular, Despite Risk of Hacking
I am number 11 TIGHT.
Pookie:
In the idealized world championed by security specialists, people would have different passwords for every Web site they visit and store them in their head or, if absolutely necessary, on a piece of paper.
Heroes And Not Criminals: The Ethics of Looting
An interesting debate. Too bad the article is cut short and offers insufficient exploration into morality of the subject. But great for starting off some thinking.
Stanford researcher urges universities, businesses to offer benefit to pay for housework
I remember hearing a vague statistic recently that if you were to pay someone to do all your household chores, you’d pay him/her over $40,000 a year.
Remembering the Little People: Accounting for Kids
Why not modify our national income accounts to label both private and public expenditures on children as investment, rather than as consumption?
I don’t know why I ended up watching Angels and Demons, but it was one of those films that are incredibly easy to watch and multi-task. Though it did make me want to travel to Italy (and Vatican City) that much mooooore.