[ThomHartmann.com]
To restore democracy: first abolish corporate personhood.

[Reuters]
Pope Benedict, in a new encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice" in history. The Pope seemed to be addressing the fresh interest in atheism in the developed world with phrases such as: Let us put it very simply: man needs God, otherwise he remains without hope.

[Guardian Unlimited]
Christians seek right to sue BBC for blasphemy.

[Whatever]
Author John Scalzi reviews the Creation Museum.

[The Norman Lear Center]
People on the right—and that characterization of them comes from their answers to 24 questions designed to reveal their political values—don't like to consume entertainment that doesn't reflect their worldview, and they feel that way about a lot of it. But people at the other end of the political spectrum are voracious in their entertainment consumption. [additional link]

[washingtonpost.com]
Youngsters who have consensual sex in their early-teen or even preteen years are, if anything, less likely to engage in delinquent behavior later on.

[ibiblio.org]
201 stories by Anton Chekhov.

[The Huffington Post]
The creative process in eight stages.

[cectic.com]
Why arguing with believers is ultimately futile.

[Amazon.com]
Amazon.com picks for best books of 2007.

[poets.org]
Free downloadable CD of 13 poems by the chancellors of the Academy of American Poets.

[First Things]
Funny review-parody of Kahlil Gibran.

[SCI FI Wire]
2007 World Fantasy Award winners.

[almostisland]
33 rules of poetry for poets 23 and under.

[Daily Times]
Another Buddha destroyed.

[Harper's Magazine]
Remember, remember the fifth of November...

[Gracenote]
An interactive map, showing who is listening to what music all over the world.

[New York Magazine]
Sixty-one critics reveal their favorite underrated book of the past ten years.