Weekend Wonk

(Read time: at your leisure.)

Grab a cup of coffee and check out the headlines you might have missed during the week. If you click on links, hit the “backspace” button to return to blog.

* State Farm agrees to re-examine Katrina claims. LINK
* Researchers shed light on wandering minds. LINK
* Ohio asks election board members to quit over vote fraud. LINK
* Soldier fathers child two years after dying in Iraq. LINK
* Elton John to release entire music catalog online. LINK
* 10 tips to make your kids money savvy. LINK
* Hooters to open in Israel, India, Dubai. LINK
* Will Houdini’s final escape be from the grave? LINK
* Colts’ Peyton Manning hopes to score on SNL. LINK
* Defense Secretary Gates wanted to close Gitmo. LINK
* Here are recalled cat, dog food brands: LINK

READ OF THE WEEK:

So, what was in those 3,000 emails concerning firing of U.S. attorneys which the Bush administration turned over to Congress? Their content is very revealing. A must-read article. The Washington Post, 21 March 2007. LINK

Oh, and those 3,000 generously handed-over emails just happen to have a gap of 16 days from mid-December to early January – the critical period in which the firings took place and how to handle any backlash would have been discuseed via email. Editor and Publisher, 22 March 2007: LINK