Glenn Greenwald tells it straight. Tim Russert was an embarrassment to journalism, not a hero. I previously discussed Russert's version of "journalism" here. I also agree with Amy Goodman's comments about the corporate media still not doing its job.
A friend has recently blogged about her experience being informally arrested and handcuffed around the corner from her apartment in the afternoon. She was going for a walk, and police pulled up, told her they had a warrant, handcuffed her, and then began checking her identity. She certainly wasn't who they were looking for, nor did the incident last a long time. I think that her peaceful Zen attitude, presumably nun-induced, kept it from being an experience worth suing about.
What does it mean to be "open minded?" This excellent video gets right to it. Simple, straight-forward reasoning with entertaining animation. I've never seen this topic better-discussed. The video is by Doug, "Qualiasoup," who puts this quote on his youtube site:
"It is not acceptable to have a religion where the alternative to faith is punishment — that's how you train dogs, not develop people." - Deng Ming-Dao Consider some of his additional videos, such as this one on the basics of evolution.
If you dip your hand in iodine, then take an x-ray, this is what you'll get. That's what Surfactant did. Cool effect.