1) Pete Souza was recently named the new official White House photographer. His site has some very cool shots from election night in Grant Park as well as other work from Wrigley etc.
http://www.petesouza.com/index.html
2) A different view of the Gaza war. From Al-jazeera, an alternative view on how the war is covered in the U.S.
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/war_on_gaza/2009/01/20091585448204690.html
3) An update on the status of a manned space program. For a space advocate like myself, still frustrating to read the convoluted process by which we spend billions yet achieve seemingly little. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/science/30spac.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1230786000&en=92a4970e15389382&ei=5087%0A
4) An optimistic case for the economy from a confirmed pessimist. Hopefully he is right. From Conde Nast Portfolio
http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/economics/2009/01/07/Spotting-Signs-of-Economic-Recovery#page1
5) Continued proof that our society at the end of the day does not allocate capital particularly well. College football assistant coach salaries are skyrocketing, the rest of the economy may be in the crapper but not college football spending.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/28539969?__source=RSS*blog*&par=RSS
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