Opinion: Doug Thompson and Daddy Warbucks (Fayetteville Free Weekly) Suddenly, Iraqi lives matter. The president said so last week. This awakening of concern deserves some mention. He didn?t care enough to count Iraqi civilian casualties when we first rolled over the country, or later....more...City Council buoyant about pedal-boat rentals on Maumee River (The Toledo Blade) Robert Russ, the enthusiastic Toledoan who lit up his 21-story downtown high-rise for July 4, is embarking on a new venture: pedal boats....more... David Sirota: A Sad Benchmark: Chinese Communists Teach American Capitalists Econ 101 (HuffingtonPost) There's something really, well, sad about America having to learn its lessons about the free market from communist China. But hey - a lesson is a lesson, right? In a business section story, the New York Times reports on the......more... The tortured tenure of Alberto Gonzales (Aspen Daily News) The abrupt resignation of Alberto Gonzales as United States attorney general Monday morning was not soon enough. But the policies and politicization of justice that have been his hallmark remain....more... The Miami Herald (CubaNet) Posted on Fri, Aug. 24, 2007. HAVANA -- (AP) -- It's not big or famous and it's certainly not close, but Yuma, an Arizona desert town near the borders with California and Mexico, is Cuba's most talked-about American locale....more... The Hoax (15) **** (St Albans Observer) There's a delicious joke in Lasse Hallstrom's movie featuring a clip of Richard Nixon singing the praises of one George Bush. It has to be from around 1970 when Bush sr was making his second, unsuccessful bid for the Senate, but the immediate assumption is that he's talking about the current occupant of the White House, and a big laugh ensues....more... Q&A: Levine surfs BioShock's wake (GameSpot) 2K Boston head talks about launch woes of first-person shooter, delicately handling the game's ethical choices, and concerns (or lack thereof) with landing an "M" rating....more... BioShock Continues To Dominate GameFly Weekly Requests (Gamasutra) This week's top rental charts from U.S. game rental company GameFly, representing the most requested games for the week ending August 27, highlight both to-be-released and already released games in a unique demand-specific chart. BioShock, released just last week, remains the top requested game overall for the fourth straight week, followed by Midway's upcoming action adventure Stranglehold and ......more... MCCCD probe targets professor in trip abuses (East Valley Tribune) Professor Cyndi Greening spent most of Aug. 8 writing frantic notes to her lawyer during a lengthy administrative hearing. Across the room, her bosses testified about why they want her fired....more... |