Gabrielle Hamilton: "Our kitchen table was a big round piece of butcher block.." [Blood, Bones & Butter] Food Books dld.bz/QjsJ

Barack Obama: "Gramps insists that the family left Texas because of the racism." [Dreams from My Father] dld.bz/N3KY

Abu Ghraib and its follow-on effects, including the continued drum-beat of torture. [Donald Rumsfeld: Known and Unknown] dld.bz/K9cd

".. a school that costs USAID $250k to build can be built by local Afghans for $50k." [One Nation .. Contract] Books dld.bz/Q8Ee

Barack Obama: "... a workable meaning for his life as a black American." [Dreams from My Father] dld.bz/N3KY

Rob Bell addresses one of the most controversial issues of faith—the afterlife. [Love Wins] Hell Heaven Dying Books dld.bz/QTgA

Evgeny Morozov: "The Internet has certainly not ushered in a post-political age." [The Net Delusion] Books Protests dld.bz/RfZP

New evidence has confirmed that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. [dark energy] dld.bz/HDrF NYTimesScience SciFri NPR

Michio Kaku: "It was once thought that laser beams were impossible to create.." [#Physics of the Impossible] Books dld.bz/PQUN

Maryn McKenna: Because MRSA spreads by skin contact, infections spread faster in USArmy barracks. [#Superbug] NPR dld.bz/JgwB