links for 2007-04-30

"Elisabeth Bumiller told a group of journalism students: "I think we were very deferential because ... it's live, it's very intense, it's frightening to stand up there. Think about it, you' re standing up on prime-time live TV asking the president of the

" Bush Administration refuses to give funds to any organization that teaches negotiating tactics or provides condoms to sex workers, even if U.S. funds are not used for those purposes."

no study of only 1,200 women should be taken as definitive conclusion, but still interesting.

"People make vitamin D whenever naked skin is exposed to bright sunshine...same ultraviolet B light that can also causes sunburns Only brief full-body exposures to bright summer sunshine — of 10 or 15 minutes a day — are needed to make high amounts of

"GOP brand is so damaged that it will make the task of being elected with an (R) next to their name insurmountable. "

"The N.B.A.’s 450 players, arguably the most gifted group of athletes in any professional sport, are probably the most closely scrutinized employees in the world."