NEUROSCIENCE: Mirrors to trick the Brain

Reflections on the Mind: Scientific American

COMPUTING: In Development: Chips that learn like human brain - IBM

IBM announces a milestone in pursuit of chips that behave like human brains - The Washington Post

COMPUTING: In Development: Chips that learn like human brain - IBM

IBM announces a milestone in pursuit of chips that behave like human brains - The Washington Post

ROMNEY V. PERRY - Jobs - Neither offers specifics

Perry, Romney offer contrasting approaches to job creation in GOP race - The Washington Post

UNEPLOYMENT: Waiting for Obama

Obama to issue new proposals on job creation, debt reduction - The Washington Post

UNEMPLOYMENT: Personal stories

Help Wanted: Stories of Unemployment

UNEMPLOYMENT: MAP BY COUNTY

Interactive Map: Unemployment Rate by County (washingtonpost.com)

OP ED: FRIEDMAN A Theory of Middle class rioting

A Theory of Everyting (Sort of) - NYTimes.com

For those who wonder about the rise of middle class rioting in the streets, this is among the best explanations I have seen.

POLITICS: Perry/Obama - A study in contrast

Rick Perry’s entry sets up a clarifying contrast - The Washington Post

UNEMPLOYMENT: Job Fair draws thousands - few offers made

Portrait of Hard Times as Jobs Fair Draws Thousands - NYTimes.com

POLITICS: Perry's supernatural buddy (AKA God) a dud

Rick Perry's Unanswered Prayers - NYTimes.com

POLLS: WAPO Political effectiveness

Washington Post Poll (washingtonpost.com)

PSYCHOLOGY; Political ideology and Negativism

The Ideology of No: Scientific American

OPED: A Paralyzed Obsma

The most powerful man on Earth? - The Washington Post

ECONOMY: Slouching Toward a Double-Dip, for No Good Reason - NewsTrust.net

Slouching Toward a Double-Dip, for No Good Reason - NewsTrust.net

HISTORY: Design and building of USS Monitor, 1861

A Brief Dry Spell for the U.S.S. Monitor’s Ironclad Turret - NYTimes.com

FECONOMY: Nowhere to go, but down

Frozen by Uncertainty, Economic Action Stalls - NYTimes.com

EDUCATION: OPED - Need for review and upgrade

Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com

OPED: America is ecconomic road kill

America’s Economic Crisis Has Political Roots - NYTimes.com

POLITICS: Another Republican nut case ready to be a fool!

Texas Gov. Rick Perry to host major prayer event in Houston - The Washington Post