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Is such a faith worth having?  What a disturbing and enlightening query.  I emplore you to go read this now.  It’s that important whether you’re religious or not.

I suspect this will be of little interest to most of you, but my scientific and atheist sides found it quite compelling and an interesting read: Why (Almost All) Cosmologists are Atheists.

How to Find Your Unfound Money.  This is worth a read since reports indicate “one out of eight persons in the United States has unclaimed property. The average claim amounts to roughly $920.”

If you eat seafood, you need to read this guide to seafood choices “with three catagories: Best choices (fish that are abundant, well managed and caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways), Alternative Choices (good alternatives but with some concerns about how they are caught or farmed), and Avoid! (species that that are overfished or caught/farmed in ways that are environmentally harmful).”

About that domestic spying lawsuit against AT&T…  If this analysis is any indication, it’s dead.  All you have to do is say “state secrets privilege” and the courts roll over in submission and don’t bother to question whether constitutional rights override Executive Branch wishes — since the “state secrets privilege” is not a part of “…U.S. Code, the code of federal regulations or the Constitution. Instead, it is a part of common law…”

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