After the Cold War: Living with Lower Defense Spending (summary)

After the Cold War: Living with Lower Defense Spending (summary)
Originally uploaded by graylady.
Remember the good old days when we thought there would be a peace dividend?
So how is it that it supposedly takes more money to defend against terrorists than against a global superpower that could have have wiped us off the map in 15 [...]

Go for Flight!

Go Flight!
Originally uploaded by AlaskanLibrarian.
Today it stopped raining enough for me to get some really good eagle pictures. All I had to do was walk down three flights of stairs into my back yard. Other eagle pictures can be found in my eagle Flickr photo set page.

Isolated paradise – Katmai

ISOLATED PARADISE: An Administrative History of the Katmai and Aniakchak NPS Units, Alaska tells the story of one of America’s most remote national parks.
This history, published in 1996 and posted to the web in 2000, was a long time in coming, according to the author:
This study has been evolving for a long time. William S. [...]

Space News to make your head spin

If you are looking for a place to keep up with all of humanity’s recent space missions and/or to get cool space photos, give spacespin.org a try. This blog features news and images from these topics:

Mars Recon. Orbiter (17)
Stardust (17)
Cassini-Huygens (103) [Mission to Saturn]
Mars Exploration Rovers (49)
New Horizons (22)
Deep Impact (11)
Dawn (3)
MESSENGER (3) [Mission to [...]

New FGI Discussions: August 28, 2006

While Best Titles Ever photographer Christine Gray has been busy updating the Flickr Best Titles Ever photo pool, guest blogger Peggy Garvin and the volunteers at Free Government Information (http://freegovinfo.info)(FGI) started the following discussions we hope you will join:
Peggy’s posts:

Two from beSpacific
Column on Government Documents and the News

Volunteer posts:

Hardcore Non-Adopters: Another reason for tangible formats [...]

If you live in Indiana, get INSPIRED!

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Residents of Indiana can get home access to thousands of magazines, journals and more through the statewide INSPIRE service.
If you live in Indiana, signing up for a password will give you full article access to magazines, journals and more in the following areas:

General Research
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Encyclopedias
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K-12
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Newspapers
Pictures & Maps

For a [...]

Let the Zodiac Wheel Help Steer You in the Best Direction

Let the Zodiac Wheel Help Steer You in the Best Direction
Originally uploaded by graylady.
The stars see ill fortune in your future? Government dabbling in Astrology? Was there a bad moon rising?
Part of the collection in the Best Titles Ever Flickr photo pool. For more background on Best Titles Ever! see the Best Titles Ever Page [...]

Hang Dissenters? Lincoln Never Said That – Spread the Word!

I don’t know if any of you have been horrified by or quoting with approval this quote of Abraham Lincoln that’s been circulating all over the Internet:
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“Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs, and should be arrested, exiled or hanged,” that’s what President Abraham Lincoln said [...]

Lunar Picture of the Day

If you like the Moon and/or amateur astronomy, try out Lunar Picture of the Day. Each day you’ll see a lunar photograph with commentary on displayed features. Each photograph comes with an explanation of how the image was produced. Photos come from many sources, amateur astronomers, professional observatories, and current and historic moon missions. A [...]

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Podcast

Public Television (PBS) often gets labeled as part of the vast leftwing conspiracy against God and Country, and yet it is only on PBS that you will find a weekly show dedicated to news about religion and ethics. News often given from a faith-friendly perspective. That show is Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. You can find [...]