Links for you. Science:

Publisher statements that may get me on the boycott-peer-review bandwagon
Nature’s shiny sounding copout on open access
Take Your Placebos, Or Die
Roche Guns For Illumina
A male straight-snouted weevil (Brentidae) silhouetted against a leaf in an Australian rain forest.

Other:

EUGENE’S HALLS OF NOT LEARNING: In a district short of funds for more teachers, a majority of students have idle hours to fill outside full classrooms (but really, the problem are teachers unions. Or something)
Off The Campaign Trail: Florida Food Bank Assists Struggling Citizens, Stimulates Local Economy
On Notice?
America First
‘Job creator’ myth debunked
The Evil That Men Do (on Charles Murray)
The Purpose of Macroeconomic Policy?
Kevin H. White: The first among five great mayors
Social conservatives have a lower I.Q.? (probably)
Matthew Yglesias goes over to the shades of grey side
Scratching the Surface of Obama’s Education Rhetoric
Enforce Dodd-Frank: Break Up Bank of America