Neal Stephenson has a new novel coming out in two weeks: The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle. I still haven’t read Quicksilver: Volume One of the Baroque Cycle,…

Judith Meskill has set up a corporate weblogging elevator pitch contest. We are hosting the collaborative space for the judges to evaluate the pitches; it should be interesting. I look…

Air America is now live, with the “O’Franken Factor” playing live (requires Real Player).

Back in December, Joe Rospars posted to the Dean blog about sending care packages to the troops. The post linked to AnySoldier.us — a clearinghouse for how to send care…

Unreal. Candace Parker, the two-time Naismith Player of the Year, won the dunk contest at the McDonald’s All American Boys and Girls Games. The catch? This wasn’t the girls’ competition.…

Great cover story at Salon.com by Scott Turow on Barack Obama — [Obama] may become the first black Democrat able to rise above race in the fashion of Powell and…