[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Petraeus warns over Koran burning
- [BBC News]
The US commander in Afghanistan warns troops' lives will be at risk if a Florida church goes ahead with its plan to throw copies of the Koran into a bonfire, but the pastor behind the stunt defends it.
- Howto: Stop Worrying About Female Brain Hard-Wiring and Get Smarter
- [Geek Feminism Blog - Restructure!]
ReducingStereotypeThreat.org, a web site by two psychology professors from Columbia University and CUNY, lists methods to reduce stereotype threat aimed at other psychology researchers who want to reduce stereotype threat in their participants, but the web page is still useful to everyone else and research-backed.
- Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Regina King
- [Women & Hollywood - Melissa Silverstein]
- Today’s Must Read
- [Talking Points Memo - David Kurtz]
…Timothy Noah on income inequality and check out the cool visuals he's put together.
Best takeaway from today's installment: "[I]ncome distribution in the United States is more unequal than in Guyana, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and roughly on par with Uruguay, Argentina, and Ecuador."
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