Cooking, Old School
CBC News on Researchers dig up earliest 'butcher shop' Anthropologists working in Ethiopia say they've found the earliest direct evidence of a stone tool "kitchen," dating back 2.6 million years. The stone tools were...
Official Website of James Landrith Blog
Fascist Shoutout
Russell Madden on You Might Be a Fascist . . . nod in agreement that individuals must show proof of identity in order to open a bank account because otherwise the terrorists will win....
Draft Boards???!!
BBC News on US raises spectre of conscription: The American defence department has begun a recruitment drive for local draft boards, raising questions about a possible revival of conscription. A notice on a department...
More on Iraq From Dr. Eland
Dr. Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute on Is Iraq Another Vietnam? As the insurgency in Iraq gets bolder, more sophisticated and more deadly, the hawks are falling all over themselves to pooh-pooh comparisons...
DMOZ Reorganization
For those who've been reading this weblog for a while, you're aware that in addition to this blog and my publications, I also edit a few sections of the Online Directory Project over at...
Ben Franklin and Daylight Savings Time
Danny Heitman on Can the break of day be negotiated? As Daylight Saving Time concludes this weekend, many Americans will roll back their clocks and grab an extra hour of sleep – a windfall...
Kenai Says No To Repeal of Bill of Rights
Sara B. Miller and Seth Stern of The Christian Science Monitor on Odd bedfellows fall in line Residents of Kenai, Alaska, usually worry more about the number of king salmon in the river than...
Time To Go
Dr. Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute on Cut Losses: Leave Iraq The brazen missile attack on the Rashid hotel in Baghdad and a recent spate of suicide bombings illustrate that anti-American violence is...
Bilingual/Bicultural Development Research
For those interested in participating, I’ve received the following research announcement: My name is Amy Snyder Ohta and I am an associate professor in the Department of Asian Languages & Literature at the University...
Multiracial Psychology Study
I received the following announcement for a new study from Diana Sanchez. Her announcement is below: There is a limited amount of empirical research in psychology that samples a broad range of individuals from...