John McKay at archy sums up the differences between bakers and cooks. I agree with him fully.

As you know, I'm a cook.

Adventures in Ethics and Science: Mother's Day appreciation (part I): Why Mom went back to school.
"My definition of a mentor is someone who believes in you so visibly and incessantly that you have to begin to believe in yourself."

Read the whole post. Of course, that's also one of the best definitions of what a parent should be.

Pro-Life Ends at Birth

A great new ad that will start airing on cable as soon as Bush vetoes the troop funding bill. See it now.

New Anti-Bush Ad: "You Can't Veto The Truth" | TPMCafe

Incredibly elaborate device to produce...    well, see for yourself. ;-)

It's a hoot!

YouTube - Japanese Rube Goldberg Contest

Bill Moyers on Iraq and the media

"Buying the War"

New postal regulations, at the instigation of Time-Warmer Media, will increase postal rates for small, independent publishers while reducing rates for the big corporate publishers.

Sign this letter to your Congress critter and the postal regulators to encourage hearings and derail this pro-corporate boondoggle.

Take Action: Save Small and Independent ( Read more... )

This piece is dynamite! Well written, and with great historical perspective on why the founding fathers didn't think it was necessary to prohibit secret detention, torture, and secret trials when they wrote the Constitution.

"Torture, Secrecy and the Bush Administration" by Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)

Amy Goodman does a great write up on Senator Durbin's bill to keep TV and radio stations, which pay nothing for their licenses to use the airwaves, from profiteering shamelessly on the huge demand (and thus huge prices) for election advertising.

Truthdig - Reports - NAB-bing the Election

Reduce the cost of elections, reduce the influence of big ( Read more... )

Molly writes beautifully and provides easily followed, mostly economical, mostly vegetarian recipes. And she's working on a cookbook too.

Orangette

Wow! Yum! Tasty!