Not as perilous a peril as Philly, but it's still sucky. Article in WaPo, that you probably wouldn't be able to read in hard copy in a Fairfax County Public Library.

A southern California school district has pulled a strange book from fourth and fifth grade classrooms all school shelves: the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Hidden amongst innocent words like "duodenum" and "rape" was "oral sex." ONOES! (updated link to better story)

Here's the full list of banned Twitter passwords, via TechCrunch:
1. 111111
2. 11111111
3. 112233
4. 121212
5. 123123

Former presidential candidate and religious goofball Pat Buchanan takes a stance and says, hey, maybe Hitler wasn't such a bad guy after all. (Analysis of the historical revisionism here.)

An interesting article on how to truely secure your luggage while flying - pack a gun.

"...According to The Times feature, 35,000 Explorers participate in the career program in 'law enforcement,' which, among other things, trains 14-21 year olds in how to 'confront terrorism, illegal immigration and escalating border violence.' In short, it is something of a paramilitary version of Jr. ROTC which populates many high schools and reduces citizenship and patriotism to the model of military life."

Texas, content that it is winning the war against science, is targeting social studies next.

The Atlantic brings us a fine article on a subject that has been sadly neglected for years: proper care and maintenance of your introvert.