Robin forwarded the following piece from NYTimes columnist Paul Krugman. The whole piece is well worth the few minutes it will take to read it… A Willful Ignorance By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: October 28, 2003 According to The New York Times, President Bush was genuinely surprised to learn from moderate… Listen ⇢

Sick of the propaganda being beamed at you from the current administration’s media mavens? Here’s a new way to fight back:r Enter MoveOn.org Voter Fund’s political ad contest. You don’t have to be formally trained in the art of filmmaking, just ready, willing and able to create an ad that… Listen ⇢

An interesting story about two MIT students who’ver developed a legal file-swapping alternative.r Listen ⇢

A few Elliot Smith links:r A lovely tribute to Elliot from NPR (in Real Media format)r A beautiful live recording of Elliot on Morning Becomes Eclectic from May 6, 1997 (in real audio format). r Elliot Smith Mothership from Ink Blot Magazine Listen ⇢

Rest In Peace Elliot.. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elliott Smith, a singer-songwriter whose dark-tinged, introspective songs and plaintive singing voice won universal critical acclaim, has apparently committed suicide, his publicist and coroner’s officials said Wednesday. He was 34. Smith’s body was found by his live-in girlfriend Tuesday, Los Angeles County… Listen ⇢

My son Jeremy just finished working on a project in his 4th grade class where the kids perform research, build a product and then report on the process. Jeremy and some friends decided to work on a prototype of a video game console. As part of the research, the kids… Listen ⇢

The Sox just beat the Yankees to force game 7 tomorrow – Martinez against Clemens while tonight the Cubbies go for their shot at the series tonight behind Kerry Wood. This is a tremendous post season. Every thing I love about baseball can be seen in the games this week.r… Listen ⇢

From Sarah Earl we have this list of the Iraqi war by the numbers: 365 — Days since Congress authorized a unilateral war 324 — American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines dead in Iraq 1,767 –American military casualties in Iraq 164 — Days since President Bush declared the war was… Listen ⇢

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