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Murdoch the Magnificent
Published December 1, 2008, 11:09 am, The New York Observer
The Man Who Owns The News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch By Michael Wolff Broadway Books, 446 pages, $29.95 Among people in what’s called “traditional media,” a genre that today ranges in intellectual and commercial standing from the indifferent to the near-extinct, it’s a commonplace to think of Rupert Murdoch as the Great Satan—as a cur, a pig and monster of the lowest ...
Triple Helix: Designing a New Molecule of Life
Published December 1, 2008, 1:12 am, Scientific American
For all the magnificent diversity of life on this planet, ranging from tiny bacteria to majestic blue whales, from sunshine-harvesting plants to mineral-digesting endoliths miles underground, only one kind of “life as we know it” exists. All these organisms are based on nucleic acids--DNA and RNA--and proteins, working together more or less as described by the so-called central dogma of ...
Books: "I See You Everywhere"
Published November 30, 2008, 9:03 pm, The New Yorker
This quietly powerful family history is the author’s third novel; her début, “Three Junes,” won the National Book Award. At the center of the story are two sisters: Louisa is four years older than Clement, and “also nearly four inches shorter and about four decades more full of opinions.” Over . . .
A working life: In the blood - the forensic scientist
Published November 30, 2008, 1:26 am, Guardian Unlimited
Catherine Thacker is happy to work with stomach-churning samples if it means aiding justice
Saturday Soapbox, Nov. 29, 2008
Published November 29, 2008, 1:17 pm, Skagit Valley Herald
Alarmists at work against Obama On election night, millions of people — young and old, rich and poor, black, white and brown — poured out into the streets and parks of America to…
High School Football Playoffs
Published November 28, 2008, 12:12 pm, San Diego Union-Tribune
Get the U-T's rundown on tonight's quarterfinal action in all five divisions of the CIF San Diego Section football playoffs.
Silent Hill Homecoming Review
Published November 28, 2008, 6:07 am, EuroGamer
After the enduring majesty of the first three Silent Hill games, it's now more than five years since Konami's survival-horror lynchpin stood shoulder to shoulder with the most vital, relevant brands in gaming.
Lessons From a Film Festival
Published November 27, 2008, 12:29 am, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
Three Jews, four opinions -- right? Of course right. Now mix in something as subjective as one's taste in movies. Now imagine the folly of putting together a committee to organize a short Jewish film festival. Crazy. No?
Parking garage fix to cost $1 million
Published November 26, 2008, 8:46 pm, Altoona Mirror
The Altoona Parking Authority has advertised for bids on $1.32 million worth of concrete repairs to its Transportation Center garage downtown. Workers will fix deteriorated concrete on one-and-a-half of the garage's eight tilted slabs, which are arranged in a double-threaded helix. The current work is the second of at least three phases in an estimated $4.
Conference shows options
Published November 26, 2008, 1:17 pm, The Iola Register
The third annual Women in Agriculture conference was Tuesday at Allen County Community College. The event is an opportunity for high school girls throughout Southeast Kansas to explore career opportunities in a traditionally male-oriented industry.
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