Links for you. Science:

Reaching Out: Why are scientists trapped in the ivory tower and what can be done to escape?
Do Dogs Feel Guilty? (I think the confounding factor here to what extent dogs think in an immediate sense; that is, how ‘out of sight, out of mind’ are they?)
Base rate fallacy dooms TSA’s risk-based screening

Other:

I Write Letters (must-read)
NBC News Photographer Handcuffed After Cop Yells, “Your First Amendment Rights Can Be Terminated!”
White Supremacist With Ties To Neo-Nazi Groups Elected To Pennsylvania County GOP Committee
Our Nation’s Biggest Money Problem of All
What Do You Expect Will Happen When People Have No Jobs And No Money
The Kill List
December Surprise? From Rubin To Pelosi, Wall Street & DC Dems Push Post-Election Austerity
The New Economy cannot flourish with fiscal austerity
Accountability Free
Kill the Kill List
How Christian fundamentalists plan to teach genocide to schoolchildren
The attack of the communist bicycles