Research on decoding language within the brain opens up new prospects for communicating with incapacitated people. Some, however, worry that it could also be a threat to privacy. Commentator Alva Noe says not to worry, we are already excellent mind readers.
Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/02/03/146332808/seeing-what-you-mean?ft=1&f=1057
Chinese Nobel Prize winner poet and dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia are separated as he is serving an 11 year jail sentence. Perry Link of The New Republic argues that Liu Xiaobo’s poems and Liu Xia’s photographs from a shared intelligence.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/03/146337661/new-republic-silent-protest?ft=1&f=1057
Jackson Lee, Sheila Jenkins, Lynn Johnson, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Henry C. \”Hank\’\’ Jr. Ackerman, Gary L.
Axelrod said the economy has improved significantly since the 2009 interview in which Obama said his presidency would be a “one-term proposition” if there no were turnaround. Axelrod quickly added, however, that there’s much more to do to fix the economy.
Hastings, Alcee L. Hastings, Doc Heinrich, Martin Heller, Dean Hensarling, Jeb
Ari Berman, The Nation
North Carolina State Senator Eric Mansfield was born in 1964, a year before the passage of the Voting Rights Act, which guaranteed the right to vote for African-Americans. He grew up in Columbus, Georgia, and moved to North Carolina when he was stationed at Fort Bragg. He became an Army doctor, opening a practice in Fayetteville after leaving the service. Mansfield says he was always “very cynical about politics” but decided to run for office in 2010 after being inspired by Barack Obama’s presidential run.
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/02/02/how_the_gop_is_resegregating_the_south_272781.html
Guthrie, Brett Gutierrez, Luis V. Hall, John J. Hall, Ralph M. Halvorson, Deborah L.
Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
A few weeks ago, Rick Santorum got some criticism for saying the Supreme Court erred in saying states may not outlaw contraception. The idea that Americans could legally be forbidden to buy condoms or birth control pills struck most people as a gross violation of personal liberty.They are right, of course. But many of those who think it's wrong to forbid Americans to buy contraceptives think it's just fine to require them to buy contraceptives. In this group, unfortunately, are President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who are hell-bent on…
Barrett, J. Gresham Barrow, John Bartlett, Roscoe G. Barton, Joe Bean, Melissa L.
Whether it’s creationism vs. evolution, miracles vs. magic tricks, or faith vs. fact, religion and science have long been pitted against one another. But in a new book, Where the Conflict Really Lies, philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that religion and science share more common ground than you might think. He discusses the book with NPR’s Rachel Martin.
Bilirakis, Gus M. Bishop, Rob Bishop, Sanford D. Jr. Bishop, Timothy H. Blackburn, Marsha
Lysley Tenorio’s humorous and heart-rending short stories take us into the lives of B-movie actresses, superhero obsessives and the residents of leper colonies.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146140123/monstress-the-beautiful-and-the-damned?ft=1&f=1057
Harman, Jane Harper, Gregg Hastings, Alcee L. Hastings, Doc Heinrich, Martin
George Will, Washington Post
Dina Galassini does not seem to pose a threat to Arizona’s civic integrity. But the government of this desert community believes that you cannot be too careful. And state law empowers local governments to be vigilant against the lurking danger that political speech might occur before the speakers notify the government and comply with all the speech rules.
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/02/01/states_are_restricing_political_speech_272737.html
Davis, Danny K. Davis, Geoff Davis, Lincoln Davis, Susan A. DeFazio, Peter A.
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney beat former House Speaker Newt Gingrich by a commanding margin of 14 points Tuesday night. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul, who barely campaigned in the state, came in third and fourth.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146188095/romney-wins-big-over-gingrich-in-florida-primary?ft=1&f=1014
Gutierrez, Luis V. Hall, John J. Hall, Ralph M. Halvorson, Deborah L. Hare, Phil
