to do list for the site

• the abortion-debate story, for the love of God (why is it so hard to write that?)
• the "governance for sale" section I've been wanting to add to "commentary," including
  • campaign finance
  • trial by advocate
  • local financing of public schools
  • contract bidding
  • zoning variances
  • and whatever else comes to mind (feel free to )
• anorexia essay
• cranky review of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Shadow and by extension the whole Ender series
• Steve Molen piece
• reflections on local foods
• cycling piece
• driving
• atheists, believers and the burden of proof in everyday conversation
• the nature of canons
• the new Constitution
• FTAA overview
• a cluster of Opinion pieces about the culture of rudeness, including:
  • the tyranny of databases
  • the existing making-change piece
  • double doors and barricades
  • first-name waitering and customer support in general
• Pascal's compromise and the roots of superstition
• open letter to the Boomers
• on whimsy

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