[belindabedekovic.com]
Okay, I enjoyed this way too much...

[Las Angeles Times]
Steven Johnson takes Hillary Clinton (and her ilk) to school.

[Harper's Magazine]
America is simultaneously the most professedly Christian of the developed nations and the least Christian in its behavior.

[prisonpolicy.org]
Maps illustrating the growth in the prison industry in the U.S. (69 people per 100,000 in state and federal prisons in 1900 vs. 478 in 2000.)

[cecileeyen.net]
A very cool portfolio by artist Cécile Eyen.

[illspirit.com]
A well-argued essay examining the illogical "witch hunt" over videogame mods.

[Guardian Unlimited]
Howard Jacobson: We are back in a new dark age of the imagination. We read to sleep. Either we refuse the idea of art altogether, or we confer integrity on it from outside, allowing it to be art only by virtue of the pre-determined importance of its subject matter, or the acceptability of its attitudes. This is a species of censorship to which we have all acceded.

[New York Times]
Bollywood actresses pushing the envelope with more progressive roles.

Follow-up: And it's not just the actresses!

[Business Week]
Best library parking garage facade EVER.

[The Brights' Net]
An online organization to promote the civic understanding and acknowledgment of the naturalistic worldview, which is free of supernatural and mystical elements.

[Christian Science Monitor]
John Stuart Mill: He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that. This website provides translations of news publications from around the world re: the U.S. and its policies.

[scottmccloud.com]
Marketing IP on the web, and why Napster was never about stealing.

[New York Times]
Catholics to reverse intellectual progress, move to join born-agains on lunatic fringe?

[Bed & Breakfast Inns Online]
Bed & breakfast recipes and cookbooks: "Innkeeper-tested and guest-approved."

[Los Angeles Times]
The illogic behind "intelligent design."

[Spiked-Online]
Are immature voices, devoid of both soul and sex, ruining pop music?