Saturday/Sunday, February 27-28, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN Weekend Edition (Saturday/Sunday, February 27-28, 2010)
(1)- FREEDOM LAB – Timothy Ferris, the author of “The Whole Shebang” and a number of other books about cosmology, usefully reminds us that science was an integral part of the intellectual equipment of the great pioneers of political liberty.

(2)- POISON CRIME FICTION -- The genre's Golden Age, from the turn of the 20th Century to World War II, ran amok with poisoners, whose crimes could be couched as debilitating sickness or the natural run of aging.

(3)- EMILY – Distinguished biographer Lyndall Gordon changes Dickinson's image from slightly daffy New England dreamer to that of the woman existing in a seething Peyton Place of adultery, betrayal and lifelong feuding.

(4)- ANTI-OLYMPIC OPINION -- How the Olympics and other international competitions breed conflict and bring out the worst in human nature.

(5)- CHINESE CONSULTANTS -- China's busy, wealthy singles have begun to seek out advisers to guide them from the first date all the way, potentially, to the proposal. The consultants arrange dates. They help you update your wardrobe.

(6)- GENDER STUFF -- Author BJ Gallagher, who has been a boss and worked for male and female bosses, has a list of tips she's titled, "How to Tell a Male Boss From a Female Boss." Among the helpful hints:

(7)- BAD FIT -- Men are twice as likely to take the condom off midway through sex due to a poor fit, a poll of 436 men in Sexually Transmitted Infections journal reveals.

(8)- FOOD FIGHT -- The purple eggplant that Indian shopper Tanuja Krishnan picks out at a Mumbai market stall every week is an unlikely protagonist in a raging debate about whether genetically modified foods should be introduced into India.

(9)- CHINA WANTS OUT -- China is now dumping US bonds. In December China sold $34.2 billion of debt ($38.8 billion in Bills sold offset by $4.6 billion in Bonds purchased), lowering its total holdings $755.4 billion.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY

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