River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh (part of the Ibis Trilogy)

The first book of the trilogy, Sea of Poppies, I had picked up at the library randomly on the "new books" shelf some time ago. Really liked the books - both of them! It's a slow paced book, kind of like a sea journey I imagine, but filled with a lot of stories. It was so very interesting to ( Read more... )

aliki  had posted a link to this article - Breastfeeding Women Viewed as Less Competent. I will of course make no comment on this. My opinions are obvious on this.

Then as I was browsing the site, I came accross this - An Anti-Science Mania Takes Over GOP. Aren't they still debating about teaching/not-teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution? I should stay ( Read more... )