Thursday
Another day in Paradise.

NPR/PRI Stories
Talk of the Nation: Update on Al-Qaeda
Talk of the Nation: Iraq
Talk of the Nation: Crawfish: A Noun and a Verb?
All Things Considered: ‘Element 118’ Fraud

Last year, physicists at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California announced they had manufactured an entirely new chemical element. It was the fattest atom yet to be added to the periodic table. Only, it turns out that the evidence for Element 118 was completely fabricated. At least that is the conclusion of an internal report by the lab. The scientist fingered in the investigation insists he did nothing wrong. NPR’s David Kestenbaum has the strange story of the atom that wasn’t

All Things Considered: “No Parole” Policy Challenged
All Things Considered: Health Insurance Costs
All Things Considered: Mortgage Rates

Hmmm…
I don’t think that I have anything to rant about tonight. I think that I got it all out of my system this morning.

I do, however, need to put some notes together for the lunch discussion that I am hosting on Saturday; this time, our topic is “September 11: One Year Later” We’re going to discuss how our lives, as individuals and as a country, have changed over the past year. We’re also going to expand the discussion to cover stereotypes and misconceptions about peoples’ differences (race, religion, and other categories).

Peace.