Links for you. Science:

Big Apple Genomics
More kids skip school shots in 8 states
Conservative Moral Judgments and “Dark Triad” Personality Traits? (while there are significant effects, the strength of the effect isn’t that large; paper here)
Superlouse: What my yearlong battle with Nix- and RID-resistant head lice taught me about the future of the American louse.

Other:

The hard-work lottery and the myth of success (excellent point)
Fundamentalist phonies (nothing in movement conservatism makes sense except in the light of creationism)
800 Words (on David Brooks)
Alabama, Kansas, and Why State Governments Suck
Kevin Drum’s Labor Contrarianism
An Open Letter to Those Worried About a Secular War on Christmas
Why Students Cheat
The Occupy Crackdowns: Why Naomi Wolf Got It Wrong
Skilled Jobs Go Begging? Not Quite.
Citibank’s management should have been fired
‘You’re doing it wrong!’ The annoying ‘friendly critique’ of activists
A BASIC LACK OF SKILL: President Clinton buys Finland! (there are other issues with comparisons to Finland)