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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Students complain about the price of college textbooks, but now there’s a growing movement to make and distribute them for free. Find out how the people behind Wikipedia are applying an open source model to education publishing with Wikibooks.

Post-Bush, Pre-Bush

David Brooks, New York Times columnist and author, On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense (Simon & Schuster)
- how he sees two breeds of conservatives emerging and other issues in his columns

» David Brooks at the New ...

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Textbook Economics

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, the online, user-edited encyclopedia
-explains Wikipedia's new venture, Wikibooks

» Wikibooks
» Wikipedia

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Honest Abe

Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian, author Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Simon & Schuster, 2005)
how he sees two breeds of conservatives

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30 Issues in 30 Days: Sprawl

George S. Hawkins, executive director of New Jersey Future is a statewide research and policy group advocating smart growth
- on sprawl in New Jersey

» New Jersey Future

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Mike Bloomberg, RINO?

In an upcoming episode of 30 Issues, we'll explore the charge that Mayor Bloomberg is a RINO. In today's Times, Nick Confessore explores the question by looking at Bloomy's relationship with the Manhattan Institute-- a great source for BL guests like Heather MacDonald and EJ McMahon, ...

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Por Alcalde, en Ingles

El Diario picks Freddy. Read the English-language endorsement here.

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George W. Bush, Globetrotting Campaign Consultant?

From yesterday's POTUS interview with Al Arabiya:

Q I hope so. Thank you very much, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Thanks.
Q Thank you for your time. Thank you. Wonderful.
THE PRESIDENT: Very good interview.
Q Well, one day I'm going to run as the mayor of Gaza, ...

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Photo File: Doris Kearns Goodwin


Goodwin: Honest Abe was sexy, too

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