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The Monkey Cage: Did Gays in the Dutch Military Lead to the Fall of Srebrenica? Of Course Not! Sheehan claimed that Dutch leaders had told him about the “gay issue” and mentioned a name: Henk van den Breemen (a retired former general). This morning Van den Breemen told NRC that this was “complete nonsense.” (tags: […]

Evolution of Fairness Driven by Culture, Not Genes | Wired Science | Wired.com fairness between strangers at the individual level is what allows social organisms to thrive, and to out-compete more selfish societies. From that perspective, fairness-promoting social norms and informal institutions — markets and religion — are an inevitable evolutionary step. Fortunately for us, […]

Right-Wing Activists Lose Seats on Texas Board of Education (tags: science politics social history education texas) The Steve Jackson Games Raid was 20 years ago (tags: social sci-fi politics technology books fun)

Texas Tea Party Candidate Profited From Federal Government Subsidies, Sweetheart Municipal Contracts – By Yasha Levine and Mark Ames – The eXiled (tags: politics texas dallas)

Ex-UNT president Bataille: Resignation 'was not of my doing' | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education (tags: college dallas education journalism politics social)

5 Reasons The Founding Fathers Were Kind Of Dicks (tags: history comedy economics economy politics social) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Voice Of Pakistan : NPR (tags: media music desi)

Skype Fights to Be Heard on Mobile Phones – NYTimes.com (tags: technology internet)

What If Sarah Palin Were Black? | | AlterNet Question: Do white people lower their heads in collective shame when they listen to Sarah Palin? Is there a moment where white folks shake their heads in mass and say to themselves, "Lord, I wish she weren't white?" (tags: social) Bob Cesca: Happy Anniversary, Recovery Act […]

Student's Facebook Tirade Against Teacher Is Protected Speech It was an opinion of a student about a teacher, that was published off-campus, did not cause any disruption on-campus, and was not lewd, vulgar, threatening, or advocating illegal or dangerous behavior,” Magistrate Barry Garber of Florida ruled Friday. (tags: social technology internet)

Brain food: How the MP3 became a combat weapon (tags: media politics social technology) Iceland's fight for press freedom (tags: social technology politics journalism media)