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CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years

LANGLEY, VA-The most crucial passages of U.S. intelligence have been emphasized with indelible black highlighters.

Rebutting the naysayers

Obama can be very light-hearted, even when he's defending himself. The audience members are all smiles in this video, even as Obama works his way through some of the most scurrilous charges against him:

See my dress

The salvation army is selling some second-hand clothes. I love the use of color on this website:
http://www.seemydress.com

Back from Iraq

No, not me. My friend and roommate commemorates his one year stay in Iraq:

Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto

I have not really thought about the issue of environmental justice, until Majora Carter gave this emotional speech at TED. Her argument is that many local policies (in New York city) have hurt the environment for the poor and minorities. E.g. a black person is more likely to live close to a power plant etc.

Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

A passionate and funny talk on passion and feminism

50 years ago...

50 years ago, the US supreme court issued its first ever "pro-gay" decision, ruling that a gay magazine could send publications to its subscribers using the US Mail. It was basically a first amendment case -- Box Turtle Bulletin has an enlightening overview of the history behind this case.